A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.9 km (27 miles). Id of earthquake: us20003l95. Event ids that are associated: us20003l95. Exact location, longitude 130.9906° East, latitude 30.2251° North, depth = 43.9 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:07:17 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/09/15 / 2015-09-07 00:07:17 / September 7, 2015 @ 12:07 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nishinoomote (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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