A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Oami in Japan on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/08/18 / 2018-08-06 20:10:54 / August 6, 2018 @ 8:10 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 05:10:54 / 5:10 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000g4d1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g4d1. Exact location, longitude 140.3662° East, latitude 35.4889° North, depth = 52.35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.35 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fussa, Kazo, Kisai. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 sixty-five 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.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SE of Oami, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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