A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Oarai in Japan. Exact location of event, longitude 140.9185 East, latitude 36.4025 North, depth = 40.71 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 40.71 km (25 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:14:15 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/02/18 / 2018-02-10 19:14:15 / February 10, 2018 @ 7:14 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000d5cw. Event ids that are associated: us2000d5cw.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (59 miles) from Utsunomiya-shi (c. 449 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tsukuba (c. 175 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mitsukaidō, Utsunomiya-shi, Ōtawara.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 30 km ENE of Oarai, Japan.
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