A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Shibetsu in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 11:22:01 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000fsqp. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000fsqp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 145.1409 East, latitude 43.5329 North, depth = 144.87 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 144.87 km (90 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 02:22:01 / July 1, 2018 @ 2:22 am.
Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Abashiri (c. 42 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Bihoro (c. 23 000 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bihoro, Abashiri, Kushiro (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 14 km S of Shibetsu, Japan.
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