A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Hasaki in Japan. The temblor was reported at 16:56:44 / 4:56 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20004fyp. Unique identifier: us20004fyp. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.47 km (21 miles). Exact location, longitude 140.9356° East, latitude 35.5634° North, depth = 34.47 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/15 / 2015-11-27 07:56:44 / November 27, 2015 @ 7:56 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kashiwa (c. 340 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ichihara (c. 283 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sakura (c. 182 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Abiko (c. 131 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kashiwa, Okunoya, Kawaguchi (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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