A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Shizunai in Japan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 67 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000k9bp. Event ids that are associated: us2000k9bp. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:29:09 / 6:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 67 km, 142.5677° East, 41.9733° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/04/19 / 2019-04-02 20:29:09 / April 2, 2019 @ 8:29 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shizunai-furukawachō (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 43 km SSE of Shizunai, Japan.
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