A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Muroran in Japan. Exact location of event, longitude 141.521 East, latitude 42.0491 North, depth = 99.53 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 03:33:27 / July 3, 2015 @ 3:33 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002n5z. Unique identifier: us10002n5z. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:33:27 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.53 km (62 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kamiiso (c. 38 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Date (c. 35 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mutsu, Chitose, Kamiiso.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km SE of Muroran, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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