A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Ishige in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:56:06 / 2:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/01/17 / 2017-01-18 05:56:06 / January 18, 2017 @ 5:56 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us10007u0q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007u0q. Exact location of event, depth 48.91 km, 139.9978° East, 36.1295° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.91 km (30 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Takahagi, Takasaki, Zama.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 3 km ENE of Ishige, Japan.
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