A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Ohara in Japan on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000fw1l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fw1l. The temblor was reported at 02:58:07 / 2:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 17:58:07 / June 27, 2018 @ 5:58 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 140.6084 East, latitude 35.3222 North, depth = 37.19 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.19 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tokyo, Miura, Sōka. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-five 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km ENE of Ohara, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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