A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Miyako in Japan on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/11/15 / 2015-11-10 14:12:46 / November 10, 2015 @ 2:12 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.0182 East, latitude 39.6815 North, depth = 32.89 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.89 km (20 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:12:46 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003way. Id of event: us10003way.
Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yamada, Miyako (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 91 km E of Miyako, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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