A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 103 kilometers (64 miles) from Iwaki in Japan on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007mba. Unique identifier: us10007mba. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.36 km (5 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:25:00 / 2:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 141.9725° East, latitude 36.7179° North, depth = 7.36 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/12/16 / 2016-12-23 17:25:00 / December 23, 2016 @ 5:25 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iwaki. Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (64 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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: 103 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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