Moderate yet deep 5.0 quake hits near Wakkanai, Wakkanai Shi, Hokkaido, Japan
5.0 quake Japan: NW OFF HOKKAIDO Dec 15, 2023 07:00 pm (GMT +9)

Just 8 minutes ago, a 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Wakkanai, Wakkanai Shi, Hokkaido, Japan. The tremor was recorded early evening on Friday, December 15th, 2023, at 7:00 pm local time, at an intermediate to considerable depth of 297.8 km below the surface.
The event was filed by Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED), the first seismological agency to report it.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Toyotomi (pop. 4,100) located 22 km from the epicenter, Horonobe (pop. 2,400) 29 km away, Teshio (pop. 3,200) 30 km away, Wakkanai (pop. 41,600) 38 km away, Makubetsu (pop. 25,900) 40 km away, Bifuka (pop. 4,600) 96 km away, and Nayoro (pop. 26,500) 112 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Dec 15, 2023 07:00 pm (GMT +9) local time (15 Dec 2023 10:00 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.0
Depth: 297.8 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 45.09°N / 141.5°E (Japan Sea, Hokkaido, Japan)
Primary data source: NIED
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