A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Makubetsu in Japan on Thursday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:09:47 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 141.9705 East, latitude 45.1347 North, depth = 12.52 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/12/19 / 2019-12-11 16:09:47 / December 11, 2019 @ 4:09 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.52 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us60006q6l. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006q6l.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nayoro, Wakkanai, Makubetsu. Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Wakkanai (c. 41 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Nayoro (c. 26 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Makubetsu (c. 25 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 28 km SSE of Makubetsu, Japan.
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