A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 12:59:18 / 12:59 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003hil. Unique identifier: us70003hil. Exact location, longitude 146.055° East, latitude 42.9392° North, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 27/04/19 / 2019-04-27 02:59:18 / April 27, 2019 @ 2:59 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nemuro (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 57 km SE of Nemuro, Japan.
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