A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Kushiro in Japan on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.33 km (15 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 09:36:06 / August 5, 2015 @ 9:36 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 144.4442 East, latitude 42.4512 North, depth = 24.33 km. Event id: us10003406. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003406. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:36:06 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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