A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Iwaki in Japan. The temblor was reported at 00:43:24 / 12:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 141.7503° East, latitude 36.6036° North, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g20f. Id of event: us1000g20f. Global time and date of event 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 15:43:24 / July 29, 2018 @ 3:43 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Takahagi (c. 33 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Takahagi, Iwaki, Kitaibaraki (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 91 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan.
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