A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.2985 East, latitude 43.2892 North, depth = 38.33 km. Unique identifier: us20007dp4. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007dp4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.33 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:22:16 / 6:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/10/16 / 2016-10-03 21:22:16 / October 3, 2016 @ 9:22 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro, Shibetsu, Nemuro (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km W of Nemuro, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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