A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 99 km SSE of Itoman, Japan (62 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:19:13 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10004flk. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004flk. Exact location of event, longitude 128.0142 East, latitude 25.2814 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. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/01/16 / 2016-01-13 12:19:13 / January 13, 2016 @ 12:19 pm.
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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve 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.
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