A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Nayoro in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 00:45:53 / 12:45 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 206.08 km (128 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 142.6015° East, 44.1306° North, depth 206.08 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us100062k1. Unique identifier: us100062k1. Global time and date of event 04/07/16 / 2016-07-04 15:45:53 / July 4, 2016 @ 3:45 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shimo-furano, Takikawa, Utashinai (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Asahikawa (c. 356 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Takikawa (c. 45 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Mombetsu (c. 26 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Nayoro (c. 26 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rumoi (c. 26 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Fukagawa (c. 26 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km SSE of Nayoro, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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