A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Shiranuka in Japan. 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 122.386 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n81b. Id of event: us7000n81b. Exact location of event, longitude 144.0315 East, latitude 42.9196 North, depth = 122.386 km. The temblor was detected at 23:02:12 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/24 / 2024-08-19 23:02:12 / August 19, 2024 @ 11:02 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kitami, Otofuke, Obihiro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Kitami (c. 113 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km SW of Shiranuka, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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