A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Kuroiso in Japan. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:01:41 / 7:01 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000d45b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d45b. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/02/18 / 2018-02-18 10:01:41 / February 18, 2018 @ 10:01 am. Exact location of event, longitude 140.1669 East, latitude 37.1463 North, depth = 106.59 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.59 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Makabe, Yūki, Shimodate. Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Utsunomiya-shi (c. 449 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop).
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 four and in the last 365 days fourty-four 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 22 km NNE of Kuroiso, Japan.
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