A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Iwaki in Japan on Sunday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:23:47 / 6:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 43.47 km (27 miles). Id of earthquake: us10007mjs. Event ids that are associated: us10007mjs. Exact location of event, longitude 141.9049 East, latitude 36.8841 North, depth = 43.47 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/16 / 2016-12-24 21:23:47 / December 24, 2016 @ 9:23 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iwaki. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 92 km E of Iwaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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