A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Yachimata in Japan on Thursday. Global time and date of event 01/06/16 / 2016-06-01 22:34:35 / June 1, 2016 @ 10:34 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us200062k3. Event ids that are associated: us200062k3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.13 km (39 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:34:35 / 7:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 140.3338 East, latitude 35.6464 North, depth = 63.13 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hanyū, Mooka, Sakado (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 1 km ESE of Yachimata, Japan.
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