A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Namie in Japan. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/05/16 / 2016-05-18 13:33:37 / May 18, 2016 @ 1:33 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005i6w. Unique identifier: us10005i6w. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.89 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.7166 East, latitude 37.327 North, depth = 34.89 km. The temblor was detected at 22:33:37 / 10:33 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iwaki, Namie (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 six and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 65 km ESE of Namie, Japan.
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