A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Itako in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.74 km (21 miles). Exact location of event, depth 33.74 km, 140.5832° East, 35.9169° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/16 / 2016-07-30 07:40:40 / July 30, 2016 @ 7:40 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100068q4. Id of event: us100068q4. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:40:40 / 4:40 pm (local time epicenter). 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). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kitaibaraki, Chōfugaoka, Kōnosu (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 3 km ESE of Itako, Japan.
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