Moderate magnitude 4.9 earthquake 43 km northeast of Nikol'skoye, Russia
4.9 quake 8 Sep 2:28 pm (GMT +12)

Just 28 minutes ago, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Nikol'skoye, Kamchatka, Russia. The tremor was recorded early afternoon on Wednesday, September 8th, 2021, at 2:28 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 28.1 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey, the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.9 as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Nikol'skoye (pop. 610) located 43 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Sep 8, 2021 2:28 pm (GMT +12) local time (8 Sep 2021 02:28 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.9
Depth: 28.1 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 55.51°N / 166.4°E (Bering Sea, Russia)
Primary data source: USGS
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