A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 117 km SE of Nemuro, Japan (73 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:01:47 / 2:01 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: us1000hef7. Unique identifier: us1000hef7. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/10/18 / 2018-10-15 16:01:47 / October 15, 2018 @ 4:01 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 146.7041 East, latitude 42.6672 North, depth = 10 km.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 117 km SE of Nemuro, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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