A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Kushiro in Japan on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.22 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/09/20 / 2020-09-07 01:19:26 / September 7, 2020 @ 1:19 am. Unique identifier: us7000bj4c. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bj4c. Exact location of earthquake, 144.9544° East, 42.7333° North, depth 59.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:19:26 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nemuro, Kushiro (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 54 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan.
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