A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Shikotan in Russia. The epicenter was at a depth of 85.79 km (53 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:00:00 / 10:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 146.3064° East, latitude 43.6391° North, depth = 85.79 km. Event id: us2000cl4d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cl4d. Global time and date of event 19/01/18 / 2018-01-19 12:00:00 / January 19, 2018 @ 12:00 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shibetsu, Nemuro, Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km WSW of Shikotan, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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