A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Hasaki in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us20008151. Unique identifier: us20008151. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:27:37 / 2:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/16 / 2016-12-15 05:27:37 / December 15, 2016 @ 5:27 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.18 km (23 miles). Exact location, longitude 141.0122° East, latitude 35.8676° North, depth = 37.18 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tsukuba, Abiko, Ōhara (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Sakura (c. 182 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tsukuba (c. 175 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 21 km NE of Hasaki, Japan.
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