A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 80 km SSE of Chichi-shima, Japan (50 miles) on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/11/15 / 2015-11-23 01:06:06 / November 23, 2015 @ 1:06 am. The temblor was reported at 10:06:06 / 10:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.34 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 142.4969° East, latitude 26.3997° North, depth = 32.34 km. Id of earthquake: us100041iw. Event ids that are associated: us100041iw.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 80 km SSE of Chichi-shima, Japan.
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