A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Shikotan in Russia on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/04/19 / 2019-04-19 04:14:59 / April 19, 2019 @ 4:14 am. The temblor was reported at 14:14:59 / 2:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 146.3317 East, latitude 43.3568 North, depth = 46.23 km. Event id: us7000391w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000391w. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.23 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Nemuro (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 58 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia.
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