A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 217 km SSE of Iwo Jima, Japan (135 miles). Exact location of event, depth 108.12 km, 142.4375° East, 23.0987° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/06/15 / 2015-06-03 09:03:01 / June 3, 2015 @ 9:03 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:03:01 / 6:03 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002pdr. Unique identifier: us20002pdr. The epicenter was at a depth of 108.12 km (67 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 217 km SSE of Iwo Jima, Japan.
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