A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Namie in Japan. Exact location, longitude 141.6767° East, latitude 37.1831° North, depth = 42.21 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:58:37 / 5:58 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.21 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/11/16 / 2016-11-22 08:58:37 / November 22, 2016 @ 8:58 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us10007dtb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dtb.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kitaibaraki, Iwaki, Namie (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 68 km ESE of Namie, Japan.
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