A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Akkeshi in Japan on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude 145.4838 East, latitude 42.5625 North, depth = 36.27 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000nrqi. Event ids that are associated: us7000nrqi. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/24 / 2024-10-26 17:10:14 / October 26, 2024 @ 5:10 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 36.27 km (23 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:10:14 / 5:10 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nemuro. Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km SE of Akkeshi, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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