A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes Izu Islands, Japan region (0 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 142.4068° East, 30.0967° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002zmn. Id of event: us20002zmn. The temblor was reported at 04:23:36 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/15 / 2015-07-23 19:23:36 / July 23, 2015 @ 7:23 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: Izu Islands, Japan region.
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