A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Hirara in Japan. The temblor was detected at 23:31:22 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/05/16 / 2016-05-29 15:31:22 / May 29, 2016 @ 3:31 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 125.1904° East, 24.2675° North, depth 38.51 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005z18. Unique identifier: us20005z18. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.51 km (24 miles).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hirara (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four and in the last 365 days twelve 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 59 km S of Hirara, Japan.
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