A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Kitaibaraki in Japan on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/09/18 / 2018-09-14 05:35:24 / September 14, 2018 @ 5:35 am. Unique identifier: us2000hegx. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hegx. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.84 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 14:35:24 / 2:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 140.6774° East, latitude 36.8229° North, depth = 12.84 km.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oyama, Ami, Tochigi (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Utsunomiya-shi (c. 449 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Tsukuba (c. 175 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Oyama (c. 159 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km NW of Kitaibaraki, Japan.
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