A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Shizunai in Japan. The temblor was detected at 07:03:51 / 7:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.0911 East, latitude 42.0495 North, depth = 75.35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/06/16 / 2016-06-24 22:03:51 / June 24, 2016 @ 10:03 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75.35 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us200066nd. Unique identifier: us200066nd.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Muroran, Chitose, Shiraoi. Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Shiraoi (c. 20 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 38 km SW of Shizunai, Japan.
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