A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Kitaibaraki in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/09/18 / 2018-09-19 00:01:37 / September 19, 2018 @ 12:01 am. Exact location of earthquake, 141.0013° East, 36.7055° North, depth 45.93 km. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:01:37 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45.93 km (29 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hgwp. Id of event: us2000hgwp.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop), 84 km (53 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kashima-shi, Ōtawara, Ishioka (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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