A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Shikotan in Russia on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/24 / 2024-10-25 06:31:50 / October 25, 2024 @ 6:31 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 146.6395° East, latitude 43.2631° North, depth = 82.22 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nn2q. Unique identifier: us7000nn2q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:31:50 / 6:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82.22 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nemuro. Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
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. 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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 59 km S of Shikotan, Russia.
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