A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Namie in Japan. Exact location of event, depth 32.3 km, 141.8595° East, 37.3772° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000av8q. Id of event: us1000av8q. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.3 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 01:25:51 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/10/17 / 2017-10-21 16:25:51 / October 21, 2017 @ 4:25 pm. 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 Iwaki, Namie (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 76 km E of Namie, Japan.
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