A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Shikotan in Russia. Global time and date of event 28/11/15 / 2015-11-28 02:51:06 / November 28, 2015 @ 2:51 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us100041u7. Unique identifier: us100041u7. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:51:06 / 12:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 59.91 km, 146.4829° East, 43.342° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.91 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 73 km (46 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 115 km (71 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shibetsu, Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Nemuro. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-six 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia.
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