A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Yoichi in Japan on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:15:24 / 7:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.7397 East, latitude 43.0452 North, depth = 164.43 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000atpf. Id of event: us1000atpf. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/10/17 / 2017-10-10 22:15:24 / October 10, 2017 @ 10:15 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 164.43 km (102 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iwamizawa, Tomakomai, Muroran (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Sapporo (c. 1 883 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Otaru (c. 143 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km S of Yoichi, Japan.
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