A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Namie in Japan. Global time and date of event 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 21:20:34 / November 21, 2016 @ 9:20 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:20:34 / 6:20 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10007drn. Event ids that are associated: us10007drn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.6259 East, latitude 37.2899 North, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kitaibaraki, Funehikimachi-funehiki, Iwaki. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Funehikimachi-funehiki (c. 23 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km ESE of Namie, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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