A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Akkeshi in Japan on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/09/24 / 2024-09-26 07:01:10 / September 26, 2024 @ 7:01 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 57.887 km (36 miles). Exact location, longitude 145.0395° East, latitude 42.8149° North, depth = 57.887 km. Unique identifier: us7000ngi1. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngi1. The temblor was reported at 07:01:10 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (35 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shibetsu, Nemuro, Kushiro (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 28 km SSE of Akkeshi, Japan.
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