A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Namie in Japan. Event id: us2000d7av. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d7av. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.61 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 24/02/18 / 2018-02-24 02:43:52 / February 24, 2018 @ 2:43 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.3128 East, latitude 37.3345 North, depth = 34.61 km. The temblor was detected at 11:43:52 / 11:43 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shiroishi, Iwanuma, Ōkawara (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Shiroishi (c. 39 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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