A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Yotsukaido in Japan. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:19:40 / 2:19 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/19 / 2019-07-19 05:19:40 / July 19, 2019 @ 5:19 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 140.1909 East, latitude 35.6188 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004npp. Id of event: us70004npp.
The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kasama, Ōarai, Hanyū (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SSE of Yotsukaido, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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