A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Nanae in Japan on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/06/16 / 2016-06-16 05:21:29 / June 16, 2016 @ 5:21 am. Exact location, longitude 140.9447° East, latitude 41.952° North, depth = 16.6 km. Unique identifier: us200064qf. Ids that are associated to the event: us200064qf. The temblor was reported at 14:21:29 / 2:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.6 km (10 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tomakomai, Mutsu, Shiraoi (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Kamiiso (c. 38 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Date (c. 35 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Nanae (c. 30 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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.
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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. 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: 22 km ENE of Nanae, Japan.
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