A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Hasaki in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 141.2405° East, 35.5586° North, depth 34.99 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.99 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 05:26:58 / August 6, 2015 @ 5:26 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:26:58 / 2:26 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10002z18. Unique identifier: us10002z18.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sakura, Shisui, Narita. Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Sakura (c. 182 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Narita (c. 100 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mobara (c. 97 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yachimata (c. 83 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Katori-shi (c. 83 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tōgane (c. 66 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km ESE of Hasaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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