A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 136 km SW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (85 miles). The temblor was picked up at 13:36:14 / 1:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 164.2903 East, latitude 54.456 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000iyvh. Unique identifier: us2000iyvh. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/18 / 2018-12-29 02:36:14 / December 29, 2018 @ 2:36 am.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 136 km SW of Nikol’skoye, Russia.
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