A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Tateyama in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007bhh. Unique identifier: us10007bhh. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 100.46 km (62 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 140.0154° East, 34.5269° North, depth 100.46 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:45:19 / 3:45 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/11/16 / 2016-11-22 18:45:19 / November 22, 2016 @ 6:45 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Yokosuka (c. 429 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Kamakura (c. 166 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kisarazu (c. 122 500 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Mobara (c. 97 300 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Kimitsu (c. 92 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Itō (c. 71 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Zushi (c. 60 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mobara, Shimoda, Itō.
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 fifteen 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 52 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan.
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