A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Naze in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.86 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us100097le. Unique identifier: us100097le. The temblor was reported at 09:11:50 / 9:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/06/17 / 2017-06-30 00:11:50 / June 30, 2017 @ 12:11 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 32.86 km, 128.6949° East, 28.7469° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naze. Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 87 km WNW of Naze, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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