A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Shikotan in Russia on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70006c7b. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006c7b. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/11/19 / 2019-11-23 12:58:05 / November 23, 2019 @ 12:58 pm. Exact location, longitude 147.2079° East, latitude 43.8686° North, depth = 6.31 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.31 km (4 miles). The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:58:05 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 109 km (68 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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