A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Shizunai in Japan. Exact location, longitude 142.79° East, latitude 41.766° North, depth = 48.01 km. The temblor was detected at 22:14:04 / 10:14 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.01 km (30 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000346y. Id of event: us1000346y. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/08/15 / 2015-08-22 12:14:04 / August 22, 2015 @ 12:14 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shizunai-furukawachō (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop).
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 thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km SSE of Shizunai, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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