A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Namie in Japan on Tuesday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:52:02 / 4:52 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/10/18 / 2018-10-08 19:52:02 / October 8, 2018 @ 7:52 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.4597 East, latitude 37.4342 North, depth = 35 km. Event id: us1000h8xg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h8xg.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shiroishi, Sukagawa, Kitaibaraki (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Shiroishi (c. 39 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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