A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/07/19 / 2019-07-03 18:06:33 / July 3, 2019 @ 6:06 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 146.0563° East, latitude 43.4204° North, depth = 70.56 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 70.56 km (44 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:06:33 / 3:06 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700049h1. Id of event: us700049h1.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shibetsu, Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 40 km ENE of Nemuro, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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