A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Kitaibaraki in Japan. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/08/15 / 2015-08-27 22:37:53 / August 27, 2015 @ 10:37 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.72 km (21 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:37:53 / 7:37 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20003hrl. Event ids that are associated: us20003hrl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 141.0871° East, 36.6137° North, depth 33.72 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Omigawa, Iwase, Itako. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kashima-shi (c. 65 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan.
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