A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Ogawa in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 72.71 km (45 miles). Exact location, longitude 139.2102° East, latitude 36.0189° North, depth = 72.71 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/02/18 / 2018-02-08 14:34:21 / February 8, 2018 @ 2:34 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:34:21 / 11:34 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000cyv6. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cyv6.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yugawara, Ichihara, Futtsu (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 6 km SW of Ogawa, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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