A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Mitsukaido in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 140.0655° East, 36.0172° North, depth 51.84 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/07/16 / 2016-07-19 14:55:07 / July 19, 2016 @ 2:55 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51.84 km (32 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006fuz. Id of event: us20006fuz. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:55:07 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fujioka, Fujisawa, Zushi. Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km E of Mitsukaido, Japan.
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