A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Shizunai in Japan on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000f20i. Id of event: us1000f20i. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/06/18 / 2018-06-26 08:04:31 / June 26, 2018 @ 8:04 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:04:31 / 5:04 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 143.3608° East, latitude 42.1585° North, depth = 51.6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.6 km (32 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otofuke, Obihiro, Shizunai-furukawachō (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 84 km ESE of Shizunai, Japan.
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