A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Teshio in Japan on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 226.093 km (140 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:27:57 / 2:27 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmmv. Id of event: us7000nmmv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 141.307° East, latitude 44.757° North, depth = 226.093 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/10/24 / 2024-10-02 02:27:57 / October 2, 2024 @ 2:27 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Makubetsu, Wakkanai. Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Wakkanai (c. 41 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Makubetsu (c. 25 900 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 36 km WSW of Teshio, Japan.
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