A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10004084. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004084. Exact location, longitude 146.214° East, latitude 42.8844° North, depth = 36.39 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/11/15 / 2015-11-22 00:37:13 / November 22, 2015 @ 12:37 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.39 km (23 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:37:13 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 71 km SE of Nemuro, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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