A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Shizunai in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003j0v. Id of event: us20003j0v. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:38:02 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/09/15 / 2015-09-12 13:38:02 / September 12, 2015 @ 1:38 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 142.6655 East, latitude 41.8691 North, depth = 60.49 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.49 km (38 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō. The epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 57 km SSE of Shizunai, Japan.
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