Earthquake — Sea of Okhotsk, Russia

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Earthquakes list August 14, 2012

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Massive very deep earthquake in the sea of Okhotsk
A Magnitude 7.7 (updated from 7.3 by USGS) earthquake hit the sea of Okhotsk 160 km from Poronaysk, Russia although it was a massive earthquake the depth of  625 km has decreased the shaking strongly, making it a IV on the Mercalli scale (light shaking) for a very wide area, no tsunami is possible because of the depth.
The earthquake has been felt as far as Japan!

from:    http://earthquake-report.com/2012/08/13/major-earthquakes-list-august-14-2012/