A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Yūbari in Japan on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nznc. Unique identifier: us6000nznc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:56:21 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.145 East, latitude 42.9402 North, depth = 114.073 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.073 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/10/24 / 2024-10-18 22:56:21 / October 18, 2024 @ 10:56 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Sapporo (c. 1 883 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Iwamizawa (c. 85 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Obihiro, Otofuke, Fukagawa (min 5000 pop). 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 one and in the last 365 days nine 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 18 km SE of Yūbari, Japan.
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