A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 20:54:17 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.76 km (69 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/19 / 2019-12-18 11:54:17 / December 18, 2019 @ 11:54 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 145.8823° East, latitude 43.432° North, depth = 110.76 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006t5k. Id of event: us60006t5k.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Shibetsu, Nemuro. Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km ENE of Nemuro, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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