M4.2 earthquake - 43 km NE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
3070 d ago · 22 May 2018, 22:33 UTC 43 km NE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
What happened
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 43 km NE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia on 22 May 2018, 22:33 UTC at a depth of 136 km.
Earthquakes of this size are classed as Light. Widely felt nearby; objects may shake or fall. Significant damage is unusual. This was an intermediate-depth earthquake, so shaking is spread over a wider, gentler area.
The nearest town in our records is Vilyuchinsk, about 254 km away in Kamchatka, Russia.
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