A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Namie in Japan on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.5594 East, latitude 37.2249 North, depth = 6.23 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/12/16 / 2016-12-04 11:42:22 / December 4, 2016 @ 11:42 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007esv. Id of event: us10007esv. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.23 km (4 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:42:22 / 8:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Takahagi (c. 33 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Funehikimachi-funehiki (c. 23 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Miharu (c. 19 700 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Ishikawa (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishikawa, Miharu, Takahagi (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km ESE of Namie, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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