A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 66.81 km (42 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/09/18 / 2018-09-21 17:18:27 / September 21, 2018 @ 5:18 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 146.3903 East, latitude 43.2148 North, depth = 66.81 km. The temblor was detected at 03:18:27 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hic7. Unique identifier: us2000hic7.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 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 thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 67 km E of Nemuro, Japan.
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