A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Shikotan in Russia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/10/19 / 2019-10-27 02:16:07 / October 27, 2019 @ 2:16 am. Id of earthquake: us700063gc. Event ids that are associated: us700063gc. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:16:07 / 12:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.6787 East, latitude 43.2419 North, depth = 58.44 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 58.44 km (36 miles).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nemuro (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one 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.
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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: 62 km S of Shikotan, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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