A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Nago in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 96.38 km (60 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:43:10 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 127.6956° East, 27.0407° North, depth 96.38 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/11/15 / 2015-11-02 16:43:10 / November 2, 2015 @ 4:43 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200041bj. Id of event: us200041bj.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Itoman, Tomigusuku, Naha-shi (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Tomigusuku (c. 55 700 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 one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 57 km NNW of Nago, Japan.
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