A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Namie in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:22:35 / 6:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 21:22:35 / November 21, 2016 @ 9:22 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us10007dri. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dri. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 141.7579° East, latitude 37.4259° North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iwaki, Namie. Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop). Nearby 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 67 km E of Namie, Japan.
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