A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes near the east coast of Honshu, Japan kilometers (0 miles) from Honshu in Japan on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.55 km (26 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:03:25 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000j9jg. Event ids that are associated: us1000j9jg. Exact location of earthquake, 141.0643° East, 36.526° North, depth 42.55 km. Global time and date of event 01/03/19 / 2019-03-01 21:03:25 / March 1, 2019 @ 9:03 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 60 km (38 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Tsukuba (c. 175 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mooka, Tsukuba, Edosaki.
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 two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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