A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Tomakomai in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 142.0118 East, latitude 42.6171 North, depth = 47.54 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.54 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 05/09/18 / 2018-09-05 21:53:23 / September 5, 2018 @ 9:53 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 06:53:23 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000hgjf. Event ids that are associated: us2000hgjf.
The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Sapporo (c. 1 883 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Iwamizawa (c. 85 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Muroran, Ishikari, Shimo-furano (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-eight 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 33 km E of Tomakomai, Japan.
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