A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Oarai in Japan on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003h8z. Unique identifier: us20003h8z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 42.51 km (26 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/08/15 / 2015-08-23 10:11:23 / August 23, 2015 @ 10:11 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 19:11:23 / 7:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 42.51 km, 140.9141° East, 36.2213° North.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iwai, Yūki, Yotsukaidō (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Sakura (c. 182 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Tsukuba (c. 175 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 30 km ESE of Oarai, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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