A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.1837 East, latitude 43.2753 North, depth = 93.06 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 16:05:35 / May 10, 2024 @ 4:05 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93.06 km (58 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 16:05:35 / 4:05 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000myzt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000myzt.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 49 km E of Nemuro, Japan.
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