A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Ichihara in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 08:39:47 / 8:39 am (local time epicenter). 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 59.16 km (37 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/06/15 / 2015-06-17 23:39:47 / June 17, 2015 @ 11:39 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 139.9796° East, 35.5191° North, depth 59.16 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002mux. Unique identifier: us10002mux.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tatebayashi, Oyama, Ogawa (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km W of Ichihara, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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