A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Itoigawa in Japan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 137.7881 East, latitude 37.2073 North, depth = 227.9 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/18 / 2018-09-17 00:21:05 / September 17, 2018 @ 12:21 am. Unique identifier: us2000hfm0. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hfm0. The epicenter was at a depth of 227.9 km (142 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:21:05 / 9:21 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Nagano-shi (c. 360 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Toyama-shi (c. 325 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Jōetsu (c. 204 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Takaoka (c. 170 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kashiwazaki (c. 86 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Himi (c. 54 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ojiya, Tōkamachi, Takaoka.
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km NNW of Itoigawa, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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