A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 104 km E of Chichi-shima, Japan (65 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 143.2704° East, latitude 27.1626° North, depth = 25.38 km. Id of earthquake: us20002vx7. Event ids that are associated: us20002vx7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/07/15 / 2015-07-08 04:13:25 / July 8, 2015 @ 4:13 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.38 km (16 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:13:25 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 104 km E of Chichi-shima, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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