A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 131.2539° East, latitude 30.6336° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 06:47:01 / 6:47 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/10/15 / 2015-10-19 21:47:01 / October 19, 2015 @ 9:47 pm. Id of earthquake: us10003r09. Event ids that are associated: us10003r09.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ibusuki (c. 29 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kushima (c. 22 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Shibushi (c. 18 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kushima, Shibushi, Kanoya (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 26 km ESE of Nishinoomote, Japan.
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