A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Numata in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 06:27:22 / June 17, 2018 @ 6:27 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:27:22 / 3:27 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000etmq. Id of event: us1000etmq. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.81 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10.81 km, 139.1291° East, 36.5436° North.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tanashichō, Kawaguchi, Yoshikawa. Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Kawaguchi (c. 468 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Utsunomiya-shi (c. 449 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Nagano-shi (c. 360 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tokorozawa (c. 339 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kawagoe (c. 337 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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: 12 km SE of Numata, Japan.
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