M4.5 earthquake near Kurihashi, Saitama
3757 d ago · 4 Jul 2016, 13:48 UTC eastern Honshu, Japan
What happened
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck eastern Honshu, Japan on 4 Jul 2016, 13:48 UTC at a depth of 50 km.
Earthquakes of this size are classed as Light. Widely felt nearby; objects may shake or fall. Significant damage is unusual. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.
The nearest town in our records is Kurihashi, about 1 km away in Saitama, Japan.
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