A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 25.9 km (16 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:34:06 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 122.4256° East, 23.9386° North, depth 25.9 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20003ffc. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003ffc. Global time and date of event 01/09/15 / 2015-09-01 17:34:06 / September 1, 2015 @ 5:34 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian. Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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