A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Kashima-shi in Japan on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 141.0077 East, latitude 36.0225 North, depth = 8.3 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/11/15 / 2015-11-03 23:56:25 / November 3, 2015 @ 11:56 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:56:25 / 8:56 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us200041t2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200041t2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.3 km (5 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Sakura (c. 182 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tsukuba (c. 175 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishige, Mobara, Chiba (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km E of Kashima-shi, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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