A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Namie in Japan. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:11:22 / 5:11 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000dhiw. Event ids that are associated: us6000dhiw. Exact location of earthquake, 141.9614° East, 37.556° North, depth 61.7 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/02/21 / 2021-02-14 05:11:22 / February 14, 2021 @ 5:11 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.7 km (38 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Namie (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 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 eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 85 km E of Namie, Japan.
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