A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Obama in Japan on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 359.2 km (223 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/12/15 / 2015-12-05 00:55:41 / December 5, 2015 @ 12:55 am. Exact location of event, depth 359.2 km, 135.5793° East, 35.849° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us20004fry. Unique identifier: us20004fry. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:55:41 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hikone, Katsuyama, Ono. The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Fukui-shi (c. 248 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Hikone (c. 110 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Maizuru (c. 92 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Takefu (c. 75 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Fukuchiyama (c. 68 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Tsuruga (c. 68 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 41 km NNW of Obama, Japan.
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