A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Shizunai in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000asdj. Unique identifier: us1000asdj. The epicenter was at a depth of 61.21 km (38 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:20:11 / 11:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/10/17 / 2017-10-15 02:20:11 / October 15, 2017 @ 2:20 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 142.2225° East, latitude 41.9153° North, depth = 61.21 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomakomai, Shizunai-furukawachō. Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 48 km SSW of Shizunai, Japan.
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