A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Kitaibaraki in Japan on Monday. The temblor was reported at 01:37:44 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 141.6683 East, latitude 36.5099 North, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/09/18 / 2018-09-09 16:37:44 / September 9, 2018 @ 4:37 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hbib. Unique identifier: us2000hbib.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iwaki, Hitachi, Takahagi. Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Takahagi (c. 33 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 87 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan.
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