A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Shizunai in Japan on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.6 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10006umc. Event ids that are associated: us10006umc. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.4217 East, latitude 41.9284 North, depth = 64.6 km. The temblor was detected at 17:48:25 / 5:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/10/16 / 2016-10-03 08:48:25 / October 3, 2016 @ 8:48 am.
Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km S of Shizunai, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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