A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Koya in Japan on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 135.6633° East, 34.1087° North, depth 421.99 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:39:01 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/01/19 / 2019-01-28 15:39:01 / January 28, 2019 @ 3:39 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 421.99 km (262 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jhc1. Id of event: us2000jhc1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fukura, Uji, Akashi. Event epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Ōsaka-shi (c. 2 592 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kobe (c. 1 528 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sakai (c. 782 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Nishinomiya-hama (c. 468 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Amagasaki (c. 442 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Hirakata (c. 406 300 pop).
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 fifteen 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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