A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Nayoro in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 231.45 km (144 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/12/17 / 2017-12-14 19:25:43 / December 14, 2017 @ 7:25 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 04:25:43 / 4:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000c4jp. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c4jp. Exact location, longitude 142.3363° East, latitude 44.4482° North, depth = 231.45 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fukagawa, Mombetsu, Rumoi (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Asahikawa (c. 356 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Mombetsu (c. 26 900 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Nayoro (c. 26 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Rumoi (c. 26 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Fukagawa (c. 26 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kamikawa (c. 5 300 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km NW of Nayoro, Japan.
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