A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Mitsukaido in Japan on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 02:47:07 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000ge66. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ge66. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/08/18 / 2018-08-20 17:47:07 / August 20, 2018 @ 5:47 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 139.9757° East, latitude 35.9956° North, depth = 57.89 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.89 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maebashi-shi, Daigo, Ōhara. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (26 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km SSW of Mitsukaido, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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