A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Kawaguchi in Japan on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 140.0975° East, 35.0751° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/08/18 / 2018-08-21 14:01:47 / August 21, 2018 @ 2:01 pm. The temblor was detected at 23:01:47 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000h5gw. Event ids that are associated: us2000h5gw. 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 35 km (22 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Higashimurayama-shi, Koshigaya, Yugawara. Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km S of Kawaguchi, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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