A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Katsuura in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 07:56:40 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/11/19 / 2019-11-03 22:56:40 / November 3, 2019 @ 10:56 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 140.4944 East, latitude 34.7846 North, depth = 89.57 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 89.57 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us60006app. Unique identifier: us60006app.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yachimata, Chiba, Yokosuka. Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Yokosuka (c. 429 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ichihara (c. 283 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kisarazu (c. 122 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Mobara (c. 97 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Kimitsu (c. 92 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Yachimata (c. 83 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 42 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan.
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