A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Mooka in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 139.9979° East, 36.401° North, depth 117.31 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 117.31 km (73 miles). Global time and date of event 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 00:31:30 / January 26, 2019 @ 12:31 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j923. Id of event: us2000j923. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:31:30 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chichibu, Yōkaichiba, Yoshii. Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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: 3 km SSW of Mooka, Japan.
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