A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Yuzhno-Kurilsk in Russia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:53:48 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ntt8. Id of event: us6000ntt8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.282 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 145.9943° East, 43.6589° North, depth 97.282 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 06:53:48 / September 23, 2024 @ 6:53 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shibetsu, Nemuro, Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Close 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 42 km SSE of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Russia.
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