A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Namie in Japan. Global time and date of event 28/12/19 / 2019-12-28 12:24:45 / December 28, 2019 @ 12:24 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006rw1. Unique identifier: us70006rw1. The epicenter was at a depth of 47.41 km (29 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:24:45 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 141.9357 East, latitude 37.6609 North, depth = 47.41 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Namie (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 84 km ENE of Namie, Japan.
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