A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Naze in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:19:52 / 6:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/04/20 / 2020-04-23 21:19:52 / April 23, 2020 @ 9:19 pm. Exact location, longitude 128.6727° East, latitude 28.5753° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us60009azs. Ids that are associated to the event: us60009azs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naze (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 82 km WNW of Naze, Japan.
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