A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 04:12:00 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/15 / 2015-12-17 18:12:00 / December 17, 2015 @ 6:12 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us100047zh. Unique identifier: us100047zh. Exact location of earthquake, 146.4297° East, 42.7991° North, depth 40.23 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.23 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. 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: 90 km SE of Nemuro, Japan.
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