A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:49:34 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10003r0b. Event ids that are associated: us10003r0b. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/10/15 / 2015-10-19 21:49:34 / October 19, 2015 @ 9:49 pm. Exact location, longitude 131.3828° East, latitude 30.714° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ibusuki, Kanoya, Shibushi. Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ibusuki (c. 29 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kushima (c. 22 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Shibushi (c. 18 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop).
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-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 36 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan.
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