A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Chitose in Japan on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.15 km (22 miles). Exact location, longitude 141.943° East, latitude 42.865° North, depth = 35.15 km. Event id: us2000hee6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hee6. The temblor was reported at 09:48:33 / 9:48 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/09/18 / 2018-09-14 00:48:33 / September 14, 2018 @ 12:48 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Sapporo (c. 1 883 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Otaru (c. 143 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Iwamizawa (c. 85 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fukagawa, Otaru, Akabira (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fourty 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 earthquakes in the world each year.
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