A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/12/19 / 2019-12-03 21:28:32 / December 3, 2019 @ 9:28 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us60006q9h. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006q9h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:28:32 / 7:28 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 64.31 km (40 miles). Exact location, longitude 146.3052° East, latitude 43.0791° North, depth = 64.31 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nemuro. Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop). Nearby 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 65 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan.
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