A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Maizuru in Japan. Global time and date of event 31/03/16 / 2016-03-31 05:54:31 / March 31, 2016 @ 5:54 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us20005dlh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005dlh. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:54:31 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 135.5605° East, 35.3417° North, depth 363.25 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 363.25 km (226 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Takaishi, Kakogawachō-honmachi, Tawaramoto. The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Ōsaka-shi (c. 2 592 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kobe (c. 1 528 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Kyoto (c. 1 459 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sakai (c. 782 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Nishinomiya-hama (c. 468 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Amagasaki (c. 442 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 23 km ESE of Maizuru, Japan.
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