A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Kushiro in Japan. Unique identifier: us10003x23. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003x23. Exact location of event, depth 43.64 km, 144.4595° East, 42.341° North. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:22:43 / 9:22 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/11/15 / 2015-11-07 11:22:43 / November 7, 2015 @ 11:22 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.64 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kushiro (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 70 km S of Kushiro, Japan.
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