A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Iwaki in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/12/17 / 2017-12-11 16:52:26 / December 11, 2017 @ 4:52 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:52:26 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000c5lb. Event ids that are associated: us2000c5lb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 141.2672 East, latitude 37.1279 North, depth = 38 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Marumori, Funaishikawa, Daigo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Nihommatsu (c. 36 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Funaishikawa (c. 35 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 35 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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