A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 204 km WNW of Chichi-shima, Japan (127 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 471.92 km (293 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 12:30:22 / 12:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 471.92 km, 140.2538° East, 27.6613° North. Id of earthquake: us20002zhf. Event ids that are associated: us20002zhf. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 03:30:22 / July 5, 2015 @ 3:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 204 km WNW of Chichi-shima, Japan.
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