A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.4543 East, latitude 31.0071 North, depth = 33.72 km. Global time and date of event 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 17:13:21 / July 18, 2015 @ 5:13 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:13:21 / 2:13 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.72 km (21 miles). Unique identifier: us20002yec. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002yec.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tarumizu, Miyakonojō, Sueyoshichō-ninokata (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ibusuki (c. 29 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Kushima (c. 22 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Sueyoshichō-ninokata (c. 20 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tarumizu (c. 19 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 52 km NE of Nishinoomote, Japan.
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