A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Namie in Japan. Event id: us2000e24w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000e24w. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.93 km (19 miles). Global time and date of event 11/04/18 / 2018-04-11 23:02:18 / April 11, 2018 @ 11:02 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 08:02:18 / 8:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.4601 East, latitude 37.5215 North, depth = 29.93 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Shiroishi (c. 39 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Watari (c. 36 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Nihommatsu (c. 36 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shiroishi, Fukushima-shi, Nihommatsu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 40 km E of Namie, Japan.
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