A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Nanae in Japan. Global time and date of event 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 15:10:09 / June 20, 2016 @ 3:10 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.64 km (11 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:10:09 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us200065je. Ids that are associated to the event: us200065je. Exact location of event, depth 17.64 km, 141.0288° East, 41.9725° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomakomai, Mutsu, Shiraoi (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Kamiiso (c. 38 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Date (c. 35 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Nanae (c. 30 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km ENE of Nanae, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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