A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Hasaki in Japan on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002zy0. Unique identifier: us20002zy0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.19 km (22 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 19:30:57 / July 24, 2015 @ 7:30 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 141.1437 East, latitude 35.5417 North, depth = 35.19 km. The temblor was reported at 04:30:57 / 4:30 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shiroi, Ami, Ōarai (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Ichihara (c. 283 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sakura (c. 182 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Narita (c. 100 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Mobara (c. 97 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Yotsukaidō (c. 86 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ryūgasaki (c. 85 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 35 km SE of Hasaki, Japan.
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