A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Hasaki in Japan. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/06/15 / 2015-06-26 14:07:34 / June 26, 2015 @ 2:07 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 141.4736° East, latitude 35.2672° North, depth = 35 km. Event id: us10002lvr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002lvr. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:07:34 / 11:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Asahi (c. 41 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hasaki (c. 39 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Yōkaichiba (c. 32 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yōkaichiba, Asahi, Hasaki (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 77 km SE of Hasaki, Japan.
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