A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Toba in Japan. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/19 / 2019-12-30 14:36:56 / December 30, 2019 @ 2:36 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:36:56 / 11:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 367.67 km (228 miles). Unique identifier: us70006sh0. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006sh0. Exact location, longitude 136.9689° East, latitude 33.8581° North, depth = 367.67 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Owase, Ise, Toba (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Ise (c. 97 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Toba (c. 23 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Owase (c. 22 000 pop).
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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km S of Toba, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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