A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Ishige in Japan on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.2 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 00:51:08 / 12:51 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002xw0. Id of event: us10002xw0. Exact location, longitude 140.0141° East, latitude 36.1392° North, depth = 57.2 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/15 / 2015-08-04 15:51:08 / August 4, 2015 @ 3:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maebashi-shi, Takahagi, Minami-rinkan (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 4 km ENE of Ishige, Japan.
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