A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Kitaibaraki in Japan. Id of earthquake: us100035ca. Event ids that are associated: us100035ca. Exact location of event, depth 39.61 km, 141.7039° East, 36.571° North. Global time and date of event 11/08/15 / 2015-08-11 00:05:58 / August 11, 2015 @ 12:05 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.61 km (25 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:05:58 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Takahagi (c. 33 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hitachi, Iwaki, Takahagi (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 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: 88 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan.
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