A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Narita in Japan. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:58:40 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/06/18 / 2018-06-07 05:58:40 / June 7, 2018 @ 5:58 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 47.65 km, 140.2639° East, 35.7937° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47.65 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ekp2. Id of event: us1000ekp2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kanuma, Hitachi, Karasuyama (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km WNW of Narita, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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