A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Kitaibaraki in Japan on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.13 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 06:47:17 / 6:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 141.0731° East, latitude 36.6235° North, depth = 24.13 km. Global time and date of event 27/08/15 / 2015-08-27 21:47:17 / August 27, 2015 @ 9:47 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us100035jw. Event ids that are associated: us100035jw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sawara, Mooka, Ōtawara (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Katori-shi (c. 83 200 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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