A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Hagi in Japan on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 131.4321° East, 34.4975° North, depth 21.59 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/09/18 / 2018-09-02 21:47:51 / September 2, 2018 @ 9:47 pm. The temblor was picked up at 06:47:51 / 6:47 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.59 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h6yi. Id of event: us2000h6yi.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kitakyūshū, Gōtsuchō, Kanda (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Kitakyūshū (c. 997 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Shimonoseki (c. 245 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ube (c. 173 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Yamaguchi-shi (c. 145 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hōfu (c. 116 900 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Iwakuni (c. 104 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km N of Hagi, Japan.
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