A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:59:58 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.5605 East, latitude 43.1381 North, depth = 45.29 km. Unique identifier: us6000n0e9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0e9. Global time and date of event 23/05/24 / 2024-05-23 10:59:58 / May 23, 2024 @ 10:59 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.29 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro, Shibetsu, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 98 km (61 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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. 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: 20 km S of Nemuro, Japan.
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