A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Fukue in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/15 / 2015-11-15 05:14:01 / November 15, 2015 @ 5:14 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.36 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003ygk. Unique identifier: us10003ygk. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:14:01 / 2:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 128.58 East, latitude 32.0058 North, depth = 18.36 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Fukuechō (c. 26 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fukuechō.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 79 km SSW of Fukue, Japan.
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