A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Akkeshi in Japan. Event id: us7000n0lj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n0lj. Exact location of event, longitude 145.5393 East, latitude 42.713 North, depth = 23.857 km. Global time and date of event 21/07/24 / 2024-07-21 04:27:28 / July 21, 2024 @ 4:27 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.857 km (15 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:27:28 / 4:27 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kushiro, Nemuro. Earthquake epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km ESE of Akkeshi, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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