A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Yuzhno-Kurilsk in Russia on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:28:51 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000a5b5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a5b5. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/06/20 / 2020-06-03 17:28:51 / June 3, 2020 @ 5:28 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 115.21 km (72 miles). Exact location of event, depth 115.21 km, 146.0199° East, 43.91° North.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shibetsu, Nemuro, Yuzhno-Kuril’sk. Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 18 km SE of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Russia.
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