A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Mooka in Japan on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us20003nbr. Event ids that are associated: us20003nbr. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73.01 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:44:30 / 11:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/15 / 2015-09-23 14:44:30 / September 23, 2015 @ 2:44 pm. Exact location of event, depth 73.01 km, 140.0173° East, 36.3737° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōme, Hino, Ichihara (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kawaguchi (c. 468 600 pop).
Every 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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km S of Mooka, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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