A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Namie in Japan on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 21:32:30 / November 21, 2016 @ 9:32 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 141.494° East, 37.2762° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10007drj. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007drj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:32:30 / 6:32 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Takahagi (c. 33 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Funehikimachi-funehiki (c. 23 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Miharu (c. 19 700 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Takahagi, Miharu, Kitaibaraki.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 49 km ESE of Namie, Japan.
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