Moderate mag. 4.7 earthquake - 87 km southeast of Aldan, Sakha, Russia, on Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021 3:46 am (GMT +9) -

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A magnitude 4.7 earthquake near Aldan, Aldansky District, Sakha, Russia, was reported 35 minutes ago by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter early morning on Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 3:46 am local time. Magnitude and other quake parameters can still change in the coming hours as the agency continues to process seismic data.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.7 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 Kankunskiy (pop. 95) located 47 km from the epicenter, and Leninskiy (pop. 2,000) 83 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Aldan (pop. 24,400) located 88 km from the epicenter, Nizhniy Kuranakh (pop. 6,800) 103 km away, and Tommot (pop. 9,000) 106 km away.
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Date & time: 18 Jan 2021 18:46:13 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021 3:46 am (GMT +9)
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 58.004°N / 126.3393°E (Sakha, Russia)
Nearby towns and cities:
46 km (29 mi) NNE of Kankunskiy (pop: 95) --> See nearby quakes!
87 km (54 mi) SE of Aldan (pop: 24,400) --> See nearby quakes!
103 km (64 mi) SSE of Nizhniy Kuranakh (pop: 6,800) --> See nearby quakes!
106 km (66 mi) S of Tommot (Aldanskiy Ulus) (pop: 9,030) --> See nearby quakes!
155 km (96 mi) NNE of Chul'man (Gorod Neryungri) (pop: 10,200) --> See nearby quakes!
180 km (112 mi) NNE of Neryungri (pop: 66,300) --> See nearby quakes!
332 km (206 mi) NNE of Tynda (Amur Oblast) (pop: 37,300) --> See nearby quakes!
417 km (259 mi) SSW of Pokrovsk (pop: 9,760) --> See nearby quakes!
428 km (266 mi) SE of Olyokminsk (Olekminskiy Ulus) (pop: 8,810) --> See nearby quakes!
486 km (302 mi) SSW of Yakutsk (pop: 235,600) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 7.1 x 10¹¹ joules (197 megawatt hours, equivalent to 169 tons of TNT) More info

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