A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Hasaki in Japan. Unique identifier: us20003faz. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003faz. The temblor was reported at 10:59:03 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.95 km (16 miles). Exact location, longitude 141.3468° East, latitude 35.1118° North, depth = 24.95 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/15 / 2015-08-15 01:59:03 / August 15, 2015 @ 1:59 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Asahi, Ōhara, Hasaki (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Asahi (c. 41 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Hasaki (c. 39 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ōhara (c. 20 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 83 km SE of Hasaki, Japan.
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