A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Ushiku in Japan on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.0986 East, latitude 35.9805 North, depth = 66.25 km. Event id: us1000436u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000436u. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 66.25 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/15 / 2015-12-04 00:37:05 / December 4, 2015 @ 12:37 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:37:05 / 9:37 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tamamura, Yaita, Chichibu. Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (30 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km WNW of Ushiku, Japan.
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