A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Shizunai in Japan. The temblor was detected at 20:03:28 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000c33d. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000c33d. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 113.65 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/01/18 / 2018-01-10 11:03:28 / January 10, 2018 @ 11:03 am. Exact location, longitude 142.3941° East, latitude 42.5431° North, depth = 113.65 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Iwamizawa (c. 85 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kitahiroshima (c. 62 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bibai, Ebetsu, Shimo-furano. 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 23 km N of Shizunai, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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