A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Yoichi in Japan. Exact location of event, depth 202.39 km, 140.2206° East, 43.3646° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/16 / 2016-08-05 03:30:45 / August 5, 2016 @ 3:30 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006a7y. Id of event: us10006a7y. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 202.39 km (126 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:30:45 / 12:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Otaru (c. 143 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ishikari (c. 57 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Yoichi (c. 22 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Iwanai (c. 15 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishikari, Otaru, Iwanai (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km WNW of Yoichi, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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