A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Ichihara in Japan. Exact location of event, depth 76 km, 140.0883° East, 35.541° North. Unique identifier: us70004j1q. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004j1q. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:04:47 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 00:04:47 / July 4, 2019 @ 12:04 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 76 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mito-shi, Ogawa, Tatebayashi (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 39 km (25 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 2 km N of Ichihara, Japan.
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