A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Ashoro in Japan on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 143.7° East, latitude 43.1436° North, depth = 113.51 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:24:42 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 113.51 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000pk4d. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pk4d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/25 / 2025-01-15 09:24:42 / January 15, 2025 @ 9:24 am.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bihoro, Kitami, Kushiro (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 47 km (30 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kitami (c. 113 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bihoro (c. 23 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km SE of Ashoro, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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