A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Sakai in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bjwx. Id of event: us1000bjwx. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/17 / 2017-12-01 15:12:29 / December 1, 2017 @ 3:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 139.8157° East, latitude 36.0779° North, depth = 56.49 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:12:29 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.49 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kuroiso, Ninomiya, Hasaki.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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 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: 2 km SSE of Sakai, Japan.
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