A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 145.4848° East, latitude 43.0922° North, depth = 65.5 km. Global time and date of event 03/05/16 / 2016-05-03 00:23:04 / May 3, 2016 @ 12:23 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:23:04 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.5 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10005gjn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005gjn.
The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kushiro, Shibetsu, Nemuro (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight 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 earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 26 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan.
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