A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Namie in Japan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.15 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 141.9255 East, latitude 37.2378 North, depth = 30.15 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/02/18 / 2018-02-01 15:37:54 / February 1, 2018 @ 3:37 pm. Event id: us1000cdq5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000cdq5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:37:54 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iwaki, Namie.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-seven 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.
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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: 86 km ESE of Namie, Japan.
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