A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Katsuura in Japan on Sunday. 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 31.37 km (19 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:56:29 / 4:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 140.9108° East, 34.6398° North, depth 31.37 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dq8i. Unique identifier: us1000dq8i. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/18 / 2018-04-22 07:56:29 / April 22, 2018 @ 7:56 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kawaguchi, Ōhara, Katsuura (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Kawaguchi (c. 29 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Katsuura (c. 22 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ōhara (c. 20 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 78 km SE of Katsuura, Japan.
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