A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Shikotan in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 146.4906° East, latitude 43.6724° North, depth = 77.109 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77.109 km (48 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 06:08:06 / May 7, 2024 @ 6:08 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mwwd. Id of event: us6000mwwd. The temblor was picked up at 06:08:06 / 6:08 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nemuro, Yuzhno-Kuril’sk. Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km SW of Shikotan, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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