A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Iwaki in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 141.4995° East, 36.8669° North, depth 29 km. Event id: us20007gp5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007gp5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29 km (18 miles). Global time and date of event 25/10/16 / 2016-10-25 17:35:49 / October 25, 2016 @ 5:35 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:35:49 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Funaishikawa (c. 35 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Takahagi (c. 33 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Funaishikawa, Namie, Hitachi. Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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