A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Ushiku in Japan on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.78 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000dz7l. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dz7l. Global time and date of event 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 14:46:41 / May 5, 2018 @ 2:46 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:46:41 / 11:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.1225 East, latitude 36.0017 North, depth = 74.78 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Atsugi, Zushi, Kamakura (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-nine 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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