A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Oyama in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 56.35 km (35 miles). Event id: us10006198. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006198. Exact location of event, longitude 139.8496 East, latitude 36.2038 North, depth = 56.35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/06/16 / 2016-06-30 21:26:28 / June 30, 2016 @ 9:26 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 06:26:28 / 6:26 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Uenohara, Kisarazu, Asahi (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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