A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 30.94 km (19 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/11/15 / 2015-11-22 08:47:05 / November 22, 2015 @ 8:47 am. The temblor was picked up at 18:47:05 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100040ap. Event ids that are associated: us100040ap. Exact location of event, longitude 145.5867 East, latitude 42.7944 North, depth = 30.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro, Nemuro (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-two 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 58 km S of Nemuro, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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