A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Shikotan in Russia. Event id: us70006yfh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006yfh. Global time and date of event 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 15:55:41 / January 11, 2020 @ 3:55 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 01:55:41 / 1:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 146.4242 East, latitude 43.3904 North, depth = 53.6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.6 km (33 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Nemuro.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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