A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Ohara in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: us1000enn2. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000enn2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:09:05 / 5:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 140.5933° East, 35.0861° North. Global time and date of event 11/06/18 / 2018-06-11 20:09:05 / June 11, 2018 @ 8:09 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kashiwa, Fujishiro, Toride. Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Yokosuka (c. 429 000 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Kashiwa (c. 340 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 26 km SE of Ohara, Japan.
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