A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Namie in Japan on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us10007gl3. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007gl3. Exact location of event, longitude 141.5602 East, latitude 37.2393 North, depth = 6.58 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/11/16 / 2016-11-29 23:19:29 / November 29, 2016 @ 11:19 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:19:29 / 8:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.58 km (4 miles).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Funehikimachi-funehiki (c. 23 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Funehikimachi-funehiki, Kitaibaraki, Iwaki.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 56 km ESE of Namie, Japan.
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