A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 156 km S of Kushiro, Japan (97 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003xu1. Id of event: us10003xu1. Exact location of earthquake, 144.6441° East, 41.5848° North, depth 21.94 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.94 km (14 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:31:24 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/11/15 / 2015-11-12 18:31:24 / November 12, 2015 @ 6:31 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 156 km S of Kushiro, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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