A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Kashiwazaki in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.61 km (5 miles). Exact location, longitude 138.1314° East, latitude 37.5165° North, depth = 8.61 km. Global time and date of event 27/06/16 / 2016-06-27 04:35:20 / June 27, 2016 @ 4:35 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000673m. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000673m. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:35:20 / 1:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Niigata-shi (c. 505 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Nagano-shi (c. 360 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Jōetsu (c. 204 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Nagaoka (c. 195 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Kashiwazaki (c. 86 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Sanjō (c. 82 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Niitsu-honchō (c. 65 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Suzaka, Nagano-shi, Kameda-honchō (min 5000 pop).
Each 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 40 km WNW of Kashiwazaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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