A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Shikotan in Russia. Exact location of earthquake, 146.4285° East, 44.0283° North, depth 98.241 km. The temblor was detected at 15:57:17 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000n7ft. Event ids that are associated: us7000n7ft. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 98.241 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/24 / 2024-08-16 15:57:17 / August 16, 2024 @ 3:57 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 34 km NW of Shikotan, Russia.
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