A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Shizunai in Japan on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 142.2795 East, latitude 41.9295 North, depth = 66.42 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 66.42 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 28/02/16 / 2016-02-28 05:08:48 / February 28, 2016 @ 5:08 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:08:48 / 2:08 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004t9p. Id of event: us10004t9p. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shizunai-furukawachō. Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (28 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km S of Shizunai, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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