A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Nanao in Japan on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/05/16 / 2016-05-31 23:56:47 / May 31, 2016 @ 11:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20005zhh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005zhh. Exact location, longitude 136.9926° East, latitude 37.2456° North, depth = 267.15 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 267.15 km (166 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 08:56:47 / 8:56 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Kanazawa-shi (c. 458 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Toyama-shi (c. 325 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Takaoka (c. 170 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Matsutō (c. 68 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Nanto-shi (c. 55 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Himi (c. 54 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Matsutō, Nonoichi, Itoigawa.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
Did you feel anything?
How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 21 km N of Nanao, Japan.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply