A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/01/20 / 2020-01-28 01:36:02 / January 28, 2020 @ 1:36 am. Exact location of earthquake, 145.9487° East, 43.558° North, depth 78.99 km. Unique identifier: us60007huu. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007huu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 78.99 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:36:02 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shibetsu, Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km NE of Nemuro, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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