A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Namie in Japan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.57 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/08/15 / 2015-08-24 05:49:45 / August 24, 2015 @ 5:49 am. Exact location of event, depth 13.57 km, 141.1513° East, 37.3066° North. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:49:45 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us100034f4. Ids that are associated to the event: us100034f4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Inawashiro, Daigo, Iwanuma (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-nine 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 23 km SE of Namie, Japan.
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