A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Otofuke in Japan on Monday. The temblor was detected at 17:12:38 / 5:12 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.582 km (75 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n1b5. Unique identifier: us6000n1b5. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 17:12:38 / May 27, 2024 @ 5:12 pm. Exact location, longitude 143.1068° East, latitude 43.1187° North, depth = 120.582 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashibetsu, Kamikawa, Shimo-furano. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Shimo-furano (c. 25 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ashibetsu (c. 19 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kamikawa (c. 5 300 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 two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 16 km NNW of Otofuke, Japan.
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