A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, 145.505° East, 43.129° North, depth 35 km. The temblor was reported at 11:12:25 / 11:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 02:12:25 / September 26, 2019 @ 2:12 am. Event id: us70005lgt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005lgt. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro, Shibetsu, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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