A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Shikotan in Russia on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/04/24 / 2024-04-19 20:59:39 / April 19, 2024 @ 8:59 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000mday. Event ids that are associated: us7000mday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 46.126 km (29 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:59:39 / 8:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 146.5621° East, 43.0465° North, depth 46.126 km.
Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 84 km S of Shikotan, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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