A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Mitsukaido in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:57:33 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 48.91 km, 139.9879° East, 36.0037° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/05/16 / 2016-05-16 21:57:33 / May 16, 2016 @ 9:57 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.91 km (30 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005htr. Id of event: us10005htr.
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ōtawara, Hiratsuka, Takasaki.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 1 km SSE of Mitsukaido, Japan.
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