A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Shikotan in Russia. Exact location, longitude 146.6594° East, latitude 43.3264° North, depth = 65.25 km. Id of earthquake: us10005gqr. Event ids that are associated: us10005gqr. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.25 km (41 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:32:30 / 4:32 pm (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: 12/05/16 / 2016-05-12 06:32:30 / May 12, 2016 @ 6:32 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
Questions or comments?
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 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: 52 km S of Shikotan, Russia.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply