A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Niikappu in Japan on Friday. Global time and date of event 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 21:41:53 / December 6, 2024 @ 9:41 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nwr8. Id of event: us7000nwr8. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.561 km (8 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:41:53 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 142.1797° East, latitude 42.12° North, depth = 13.561 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chitose, Shiraoi, Tomakomai (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Shiraoi (c. 20 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 27 km SSW of Niikappu, Japan.
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