A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Iwaki in Japan. The temblor was reported at 18:21:13 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 141.8077° East, latitude 36.8632° North, depth = 44.73 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/12/16 / 2016-12-24 09:21:13 / December 24, 2016 @ 9:21 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007mgz. Id of event: us10007mgz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.73 km (28 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Namie, Takahagi, Kitaibaraki (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Takahagi (c. 33 600 pop), 99 km (62 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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four 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.
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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: 84 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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