A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Abashiri in Japan on Sunday. 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 231.53 km (144 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 02:00:29 / August 19, 2018 @ 2:00 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000gil1. Event ids that are associated: us1000gil1. Exact location of earthquake, 144.2457° East, 44.6762° North, depth 231.53 km. The temblor was detected at 12:00:29 / 12:00 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Abashiri (c. 42 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mombetsu (c. 26 900 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Bihoro (c. 23 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bihoro, Mombetsu, Abashiri (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km N of Abashiri, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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