A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/20 / 2020-05-04 14:59:43 / May 4, 2020 @ 2:59 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009elx. Id of event: us70009elx. The temblor was reported at 23:59:43 / 11:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 145.479 East, latitude 43.1282 North, depth = 70.73 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.73 km (44 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kushiro, Shibetsu, Nemuro (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 23 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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