A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Uwajima in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100033w5. Id of event: us100033w5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 45.07 km (28 miles). Global time and date of event 21/08/15 / 2015-08-21 07:54:36 / August 21, 2015 @ 7:54 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:54:36 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 45.07 km, 132.183° East, 33.2956° North.
Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Matsuyama (c. 443 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tokuyama (c. 101 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tsurusaki (c. 77 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōjō, Nobeoka, Tokuyama (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 36 km WNW of Uwajima, Japan.
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