A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Chichibu in Japan on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 138.7627 East, latitude 35.9595 North, depth = 155.05 km. The temblor was detected at 09:01:34 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 155.05 km (96 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j1kg. Id of event: us2000j1kg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/19 / 2019-01-09 00:01:34 / January 9, 2019 @ 12:01 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kawaguchi (c. 468 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Machida (c. 400 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mishima, Nakano, Sakai (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 28 km W of Chichibu, Japan.
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