A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Hasaki in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.69 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:55:27 / 7:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.3145 East, latitude 35.3836 North, depth = 28.69 km. Global time and date of event 05/01/18 / 2018-01-05 10:55:27 / January 5, 2018 @ 10:55 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000c12b. Event ids that are associated: us1000c12b.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Katori-shi, Itako, Sawara. Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Mobara (c. 97 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Katori-shi (c. 83 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tōgane (c. 66 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kashima-shi (c. 65 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ōami (c. 53 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sawara (c. 47 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km SE of Hasaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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