Moderate 4.3 quake hits near Kitaibaraki, Kitaibaraki-shi, Ibaraki, Japan

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 occurred early morning on Monday 14 June 2021 at 4:06 am local time near Kitaibaraki, Kitaibaraki-shi, Ibaraki, Japan, as reported by Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED).
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a very shallow depth of 8 km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 4.1 earthquake.
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 Kitaibaraki (pop. 50,800) located 14 km from the epicenter, Takahagi (pop. 33,600) 15 km away, Daigo (pop. 22,300) 22 km away, Hitachi (pop. 186,300) 24 km away, Iwaki (pop. 357,300) 37 km away, Hitachi-Naka (pop. 156,800) 47 km away, and Katsuta (pop. 156,000) 48 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Mito (pop. 246,500) located 53 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: 14 Jun 2021 4:06 am (GMT +9) local time (13 Jun 2021 19:06 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.3
Depth: 8.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 36.82°N / 140.59°E (Takahagi-shi, Ibaraki, Japan)
Primary data source: NIED