Light magnitude 4.6 quake hits 69 km northeast of Iwaki, Japan early morning
Fri, 22 Jan 2021, 16:24
16:24 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
4.6 quake 23 Jan 1:04 am (GMT +9)
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Namie (pop. 21,900) located 57 km from the epicenter.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Iwaki (pop. 357,300) located 69 km from the epicenter, Funehikimachi-funehiki (pop. 23,500) 92 km away, Kitaibaraki (pop. 50,800) 95 km away, Miharu (pop. 19,700) 100 km away, Kōriyama (pop. 340,600) 108 km away, Fukushima (pop. 294,200) 112 km away, and Hitachi (pop. 186,300) 115 km away.
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Earthquake data:
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Date & time: 23 Jan 2021 1:04 am (GMT +9) local time (22 Jan 2021 16:04 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.6
Depth: 30.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 37.3°N / 141.6°E
(North Pacific Ocean, Japan)Primary data source: EMSC
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