A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Toba in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:37:07 / 9:37 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20006v6p. Unique identifier: us20006v6p. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 137.0309 East, latitude 34.537 North, depth = 333.25 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 333.25 km (207 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/16 / 2016-08-30 00:37:07 / August 30, 2016 @ 12:37 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Nagoya-shi (c. 2 191 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Hamamatsu (c. 605 100 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Toyohashi (c. 378 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Toyota (c. 362 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Okazaki (c. 352 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kasugai (c. 298 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kōnan, Mori, Hino (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 17 km ENE of Toba, Japan.
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