A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, Hokkaido, Japan region kilometers (0 miles) from Hokkaido, Japan region. Global time and date of event 13/07/20 / 2020-07-13 23:00:22 / July 13, 2020 @ 11:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 144.2668° East, latitude 42.3641° North, depth = 15.81 km. The temblor was detected at 23:00:22 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000arps. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000arps. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.81 km (10 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 68 km (43 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro (min 5000 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-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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