A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Iwamizawa in Japan. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:15:20 / 10:15 am (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 172.31 km (107 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 28/02/16 / 2016-02-28 01:15:20 / February 28, 2016 @ 1:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 141.8685° East, 43.075° North, depth 172.31 km. Unique identifier: us10004t8j. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004t8j.
Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Sapporo (c. 1 883 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Asahikawa (c. 356 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Otaru (c. 143 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Iwamizawa (c. 85 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō, Yoichi, Asahikawa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km SSE of Iwamizawa, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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