A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Ohara in Japan. The temblor was detected at 04:13:50 / 4:13 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 51.31 km (32 miles). Id of earthquake: us60006rvf. Event ids that are associated: us60006rvf. Exact location, longitude 140.8132° East, latitude 35.1201° North, depth = 51.31 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/19 / 2019-12-15 19:13:50 / December 15, 2019 @ 7:13 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Ichihara (c. 283 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sakura (c. 182 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Kisarazu (c. 122 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Narita (c. 100 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Mobara (c. 97 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Funabashi, Kashima-shi, Itako.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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