A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Minami-rinkan in Japan on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 114.44 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000iz7b. Event ids that are associated: us2000iz7b. Exact location of event, depth 114.44 km, 139.4392° East, 35.4409° North. 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: 30/12/18 / 2018-12-30 05:16:11 / December 30, 2018 @ 5:16 am. The temblor was reported at 14:16:11 / 2:16 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Honjō, Tatebayashi, Narutō (min 5000 pop).
Every 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km SSW of Minami-rinkan, Japan.
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