A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Shimo-furano in Japan on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 20/04/18 / 2018-04-20 19:10:54 / April 20, 2018 @ 7:10 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 168.69 km (105 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:10:54 / 4:10 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000dphu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dphu. Exact location of event, depth 168.69 km, 142.372° East, 43.2631° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Sapporo (c. 1 883 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Asahikawa (c. 356 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Iwamizawa (c. 85 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sapporo, Ishikari, Obihiro (min 5000 pop).
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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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