Moderate magnitude 4.0 earthquake 6 km north of Chiba, Japan - VolcanoDiscovery

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Sun, 21 Mar 2021, 15:50

15:50 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

4.0 quake 6.4 km north of Chiba, Japan, 22 Mar 2021 12:30 am (GMT +9)

An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred only 11 minutes ago 6 km north of Chiba, Japan, Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) reported.
The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 69.7 km beneath the epicenter near Chiba, Chiba-shi, Japan, after midnight on Monday 22 March 2021 at 12:30 am local time. 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.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 3.9.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Yotsukaidō (pop. 86,700) located 4 km from the epicenter, Chiba (pop. 919,700) 6 km away, Sakura (pop. 182,500) 12 km away, Funabashi (pop. 560,700) 13 km away, Ichihara (pop. 283,500) 16 km away, Yachimata (pop. 83,300) 17 km away, Narita (pop. 100,600) 22 km away, Matsudo (pop. 470,300) 24 km away, Tokyo (pop. 8,336,600) 39 km away, and Yokohama (pop. 3,574,400) 50 km away.

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Date & time: 22 Mar 2021 12:30 am (GMT +9) local time (21 Mar 2021 15:30 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.0
Depth: 69.7 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 35.66°N / 140.12°E (Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan)
Primary data source: NIED

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