A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Namie in Japan on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 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: us1000hqxw. Id of event: us1000hqxw. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:18:46 / 7:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/11/18 / 2018-11-05 22:18:46 / November 5, 2018 @ 10:18 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 141.8806° East, latitude 37.7074° North, depth = 35 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Namie (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (51 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km ENE of Namie, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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