A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Tomakomai in Japan on Thursday. Event id: us2000hgj6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hgj6. The temblor was picked up at 06:57:33 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/09/18 / 2018-09-05 21:57:33 / September 5, 2018 @ 9:57 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 141.9916° East, latitude 42.6408° North, depth = 45.3 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.3 km (28 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Muroran, Shimo-furano, Ishikari (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Sapporo (c. 1 883 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Iwamizawa (c. 85 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days sixty-two 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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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: 31 km E of Tomakomai, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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