A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Uenohara in Japan on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pkfq. Id of event: us6000pkfq. Exact location, longitude 139.0989° East, latitude 35.5074° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 23:51:09 / January 4, 2025 @ 11:51 pm. The temblor was detected at 23:51:09 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Annaka, Chiba, Shiroi (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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