A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Kizukuri in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 158.58 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:24:42 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 140.0303° East, 41.0946° North, depth 158.58 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/05/16 / 2016-05-29 00:24:42 / May 29, 2016 @ 12:24 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005yy3. Id of event: us20005yy3.
Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hirosaki (c. 175 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Goshogawara (c. 49 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kuroishi (c. 38 600 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Namioka (c. 20 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Shimokizukuri (c. 18 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kuroishi, Hirosaki, Aomori Shi. Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km NW of Kizukuri, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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