A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Namie in Japan on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/12/17 / 2017-12-25 22:23:40 / December 25, 2017 @ 10:23 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:23:40 / 7:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.0949 East, latitude 37.4926 North, depth = 34 km. Event id: us1000bw63. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bw63.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Namie (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 96 km E of Namie, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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