A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Hirara in Japan. Exact location of event, longitude 125.3601 East, latitude 24.432 North, depth = 52.26 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.26 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000cyxt. Event ids that are associated: us2000cyxt. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/01/18 / 2018-01-28 09:49:23 / January 28, 2018 @ 9:49 am. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:49:23 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hirara (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 41 km S of Hirara, Japan.
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