A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Hirara in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 125.1897 East, latitude 24.5727 North, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/06/20 / 2020-06-18 22:25:11 / June 18, 2020 @ 10:25 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 22:25:11 / 10:25 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000aeif. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000aeif. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hirara. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 28 km SSW of Hirara, Japan.
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