A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Friday. The temblor was reported at 07:27:07 / 7:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 145.9588° East, 43.1117° North, depth 52.94 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034gr. Id of event: us100034gr. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 21:27:07 / August 6, 2015 @ 9:27 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.94 km (33 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shibetsu, Nemuro (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km SE of Nemuro, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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