A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Hirara in Japan on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 190.8 km, 124.8188° East, 25.4287° North. The temblor was picked up at 02:02:40 / 2:02 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 190.8 km (119 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008q58. Id of event: us10008q58. Global time and date of event 06/05/17 / 2017-05-06 18:02:40 / May 6, 2017 @ 6:02 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hirara. Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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