A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Togane in Japan on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.3568 East, latitude 35.5798 North, depth = 54.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:51:01 / 9:51 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.86 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 24/07/16 / 2016-07-24 00:51:01 / July 24, 2016 @ 12:51 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us20006h5x. Event ids that are associated: us20006h5x.
The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hiratsuka, Fussa, Oyama. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km NNW of Togane, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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