A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 07:05:11 / 7:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.4408 East, latitude 30.6279 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/10/15 / 2015-10-19 22:05:11 / October 19, 2015 @ 10:05 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us10003ptk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003ptk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nishinoomote (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km ESE of Nishinoomote, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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