A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Kimitsu in Japan. Exact location of event, longitude 139.9273 East, latitude 35.1994 North, depth = 91.66 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 91.66 km (57 miles). Event id: us2000c4pc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c4pc. The temblor was picked up at 11:42:26 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/12/17 / 2017-12-15 02:42:26 / December 15, 2017 @ 2:42 am.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ami, Omigawa, Okegawa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (36 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km SSE of Kimitsu, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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