A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 80.72 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/17 / 2017-11-25 23:56:22 / November 25, 2017 @ 11:56 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bjxn. Unique identifier: us1000bjxn. The temblor was detected at 09:56:22 / 9:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.1905 East, latitude 43.2619 North, depth = 80.72 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km E of Nemuro, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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