A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Shizunai in Japan on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 142.6598 East, latitude 42.0229 North, depth = 66.88 km. The temblor was reported at 02:33:23 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10008vcz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008vcz. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/05/17 / 2017-05-25 17:33:23 / May 25, 2017 @ 5:33 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 66.88 km (42 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shizunai-furukawachō. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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