A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 145.9784° East, latitude 43.143° North, depth = 77.94 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77.94 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 17:09:34 / 5:09 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000aa2v. Event ids that are associated: us6000aa2v. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/06/20 / 2020-06-11 17:09:34 / June 11, 2020 @ 5:09 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shibetsu, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 38 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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