A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.3 km (23 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/08/15 / 2015-08-11 11:05:41 / August 11, 2015 @ 11:05 am. Id of earthquake: us1000312v. Event ids that are associated: us1000312v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:05:41 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 145.4292° East, latitude 43.0204° North, depth = 36.3 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kushiro, Shibetsu, Nemuro. The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan.
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