A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Iwaki in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 18:08:23 / 6:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 141.7336° East, latitude 36.7073° North, depth = 31.36 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.36 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/03/16 / 2016-03-06 09:08:23 / March 6, 2016 @ 9:08 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10004vmi. Event ids that are associated: us10004vmi.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Takahagi, Kitaibaraki, Iwaki. Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Takahagi (c. 33 600 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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 84 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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