A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Ohara in Japan on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 04:16:36 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/06/18 / 2018-06-26 19:16:36 / June 26, 2018 @ 7:16 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 140.4939 East, latitude 35.278 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000f2pp. Unique identifier: us1000f2pp.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fujisawa, Koshigaya, Kawaguchi.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-three 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 10 km ENE of Ohara, Japan.
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