A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Iwaki in Japan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:27:17 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us200066hx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200066hx. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.77 km (25 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 141.6802 East, latitude 36.813 North, depth = 39.77 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 00:27:17 / June 20, 2016 @ 12:27 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Takahagi, Kitaibaraki, Iwaki. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Takahagi (c. 33 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 75 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan.
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