A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Iwaki in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007ds9. Id of event: us10007ds9. Exact location of event, depth 15.18 km, 141.2054° East, 37.2013° North. Global time and date of event 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 21:15:49 / November 21, 2016 @ 9:15 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:15:49 / 6:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.18 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kakuda, Daigo, Yanagawamachi-saiwaichō (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Nihommatsu (c. 36 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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