A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Naze in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 24.75 km (15 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000daq3. Unique identifier: us1000daq3. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:59:03 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/03/18 / 2018-03-23 18:59:03 / March 23, 2018 @ 6:59 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 24.75 km, 130.0143° East, 28.8739° North.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naze (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 76 km NE of Naze, Japan.
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