A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Shikotan in Russia on Monday. The temblor was detected at 09:09:05 / 9:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/03/16 / 2016-03-13 23:09:05 / March 13, 2016 @ 11:09 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.29 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 146.5954 East, latitude 43.1332 North, depth = 51.29 km. Event id: us20005afu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005afu.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nemuro (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 74 km S of Shikotan, Russia.
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