A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 16:57:38 / 4:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 145.3907° East, latitude 43.314° North, depth = 103.24 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 103.24 km (64 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005c6u. Id of event: us20005c6u. 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: 24/03/16 / 2016-03-24 07:57:38 / March 24, 2016 @ 7:57 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro, Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Shibetsu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop).
Each 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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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