A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.805 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000nd3f. Event ids that are associated: us7000nd3f. Global time and date of event 11/09/24 / 2024-09-11 16:04:05 / September 11, 2024 @ 4:04 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 145.4454° East, 42.9885° North, depth 47.805 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:04:05 / 4:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro, Shibetsu, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 38 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan.
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