A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Muroran in Japan. Exact location of event, longitude 141.0766 East, latitude 42.3256 North, depth = 110.026 km. Id of earthquake: us6000pv53. Event ids that are associated: us6000pv53. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:30:41 / 4:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.026 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/02/25 / 2025-02-24 16:30:41 / February 24, 2025 @ 4:30 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Sapporo (c. 1 883 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Otaru (c. 143 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otaru, Ebetsu, Iwanai.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 7 km E of Muroran, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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