A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003v1x. Unique identifier: us10003v1x. Exact location of event, depth 31 km, 146.4696° East, 43.0261° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:30:13 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31 km (19 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/11/15 / 2015-11-05 23:30:13 / November 5, 2015 @ 11:30 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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