A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Shizunai in Japan on Thursday. Event id: us2000j4um. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j4um. The temblor was picked up at 12:23:36 / 12:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.52 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.689 East, latitude 41.9433 North, depth = 70.52 km. Global time and date of event 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 02:23:36 / January 17, 2019 @ 2:23 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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