A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Namie in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.66 km (9 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 141.4289° East, 37.2625° North, depth 14.66 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/12/16 / 2016-12-04 05:33:08 / December 4, 2016 @ 5:33 am. The temblor was reported at 14:33:08 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10007erb. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007erb.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watari, Hobaramachi, Kakuda (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Watari (c. 36 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Nihommatsu (c. 36 300 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Takahagi (c. 33 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days ninety-two 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km ESE of Namie, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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