A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 96 km N of Iwo Jima, Japan (60 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:46:16 / 4:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 141.1748° East, latitude 25.641° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 19:46:16 / September 15, 2015 @ 7:46 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us20003p39. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003p39.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 96 km N of Iwo Jima, Japan.
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