A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Katsuura in Japan. Global time and date of event 18/08/15 / 2015-08-18 19:16:58 / August 18, 2015 @ 7:16 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000337w. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000337w. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 140.5149 East, latitude 34.4422 North, depth = 80.85 km. The temblor was reported at 04:16:58 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80.85 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Tateyama (c. 50 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kawaguchi (c. 29 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Katsuura (c. 22 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ōhara (c. 20 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ōhara, Tateyama, Kawaguchi.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 79 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan.
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