A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Shizunai in Japan on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.37 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 142.417 East, latitude 41.8796 North, depth = 71.37 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g1z4. Unique identifier: us1000g1z4. Global time and date of event 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 21:49:55 / July 28, 2018 @ 9:49 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 06:49:55 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-one 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km S of Shizunai, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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