A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Akkeshi in Japan on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 113.566 km (71 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/10/24 / 2024-10-19 23:37:48 / October 19, 2024 @ 11:37 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 145.1759° East, 42.8016° North, depth 113.566 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:37:48 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nzt2. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzt2.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shibetsu, Kushiro, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km SE of Akkeshi, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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