A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Kitaibaraki in Japan on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.74 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, depth 3.74 km, 140.81° East, 36.9175° North. The temblor was picked up at 05:01:04 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10006e97. Event ids that are associated: us10006e97. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/08/16 / 2016-08-16 20:01:04 / August 16, 2016 @ 8:01 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Utsunomiya-shi (c. 449 900 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Inawashiro, Utsunomiya-shi, Iwase.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 15 km NNE of Kitaibaraki, Japan.
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