A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Yotsukaido in Japan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:54:38 / 11:54 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70005gsc. Event ids that are associated: us70005gsc. Exact location, longitude 140.1903° East, latitude 35.6069° North, depth = 55 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/09/19 / 2019-09-14 02:54:38 / September 14, 2019 @ 2:54 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 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), 59 km (36 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Uenohara, Ogawa, Mibu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-one 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 5 km SSE of Yotsukaido, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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