A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk in Russia on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 84.22 km (52 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 145.9672 East, latitude 43.8007 North, depth = 84.22 km. Event id: us1000emc5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000emc5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:45:50 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/18 / 2018-06-09 21:45:50 / June 9, 2018 @ 9:45 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shibetsu, Nemuro, Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km SSE of Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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