A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Kashima-shi in Japan on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, 141.0934° East, 36.0381° North, depth 43.63 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10005ice. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005ice. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:00:14 / 7:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/05/16 / 2016-05-18 22:00:14 / May 18, 2016 @ 10:00 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.63 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fujishiro, Kitaibaraki, Ushiku. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sakura (c. 182 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Narita (c. 100 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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