A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Hasaki in Japan. Id of earthquake: us1000ekcn. Event ids that are associated: us1000ekcn. The temblor was reported at 21:18:04 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.24 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 140.7787 East, latitude 35.7807 North, depth = 47.24 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 07/06/18 / 2018-06-07 12:18:04 / June 7, 2018 @ 12:18 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kawaguchi, Motegi, Mashiko (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Kawaguchi (c. 468 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Kashiwa (c. 340 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Koshigaya (c. 317 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ichihara (c. 283 500 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-eight 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km NW of Hasaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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