Magnitude 4 0 earthquake strikes near Hasaki, Chōshi-shi, Chiba, Japan volcanodiscovery.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from volcanodiscovery.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Takahagi in Japan. Id of earthquake: us6000d2ny. Event ids that are associated: us6000d2ny. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.74 km (36 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 141.0216 East, latitude 36.5911 North, depth = 58.74 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:40:07 / 7:40 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/12/20 / 2020-12-24 19:40:07 / December 24, 2020 @ 7:40 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tsukuba (c. 175 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 00