A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 112 kilometers (70 miles) from Iwaki in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/06/16 / 2016-06-26 22:57:08 / June 26, 2016 @ 10:57 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.16 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 07:57:08 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 142.1471° East, latitude 37.047° North, depth = 19.16 km. Id of earthquake: us2000671z. Event ids that are associated: us2000671z.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Namie, Iwaki. Earthquake epicenter was 112 km (70 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 112 km E of Iwaki, Japan.
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