A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Otsuki in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.89 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:15:24 / 5:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 19.89 km, 138.9989° East, 35.5216° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003r9y. Unique identifier: us10003r9y. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/10/15 / 2015-10-25 08:15:24 / October 25, 2015 @ 8:15 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ichihara, Koga, Maebashi-shi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (41 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Shizuoka-shi (c. 701 600 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km SE of Otsuki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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