A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Namie in Japan on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dse. Id of event: us10007dse. The temblor was detected at 07:04:18 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 22:04:18 / November 21, 2016 @ 10:04 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 141.6501° East, latitude 37.31° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iwaki, Namie (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km ESE of Namie, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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