A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Hirara in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51.98 km (32 miles). Exact location, longitude 125.5787° East, latitude 24.9988° North, depth = 51.98 km. Unique identifier: us60006m0a. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006m0a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:03:59 / 12:03 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/12/19 / 2019-12-04 16:03:59 / December 4, 2019 @ 4:03 pm.
Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hirara (min 5000 pop). 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 37 km NE of Hirara, Japan.
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