A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Miura in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/12/19 / 2019-12-13 18:24:03 / December 13, 2019 @ 6:24 pm. Id of earthquake: us60006r4u. Event ids that are associated: us60006r4u. Exact location of earthquake, 139.5685° East, 35.0198° North, depth 25.05 km. The temblor was reported at 03:24:03 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.05 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sakura, Koshigaya, Nagareyama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-four 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SSW of Miura, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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