A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:53:49 / 4:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.08 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10004ufv. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004ufv. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/02/16 / 2016-02-29 20:53:49 / February 29, 2016 @ 8:53 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 123.4507 East, latitude 23.8544 North, depth = 27.08 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishigaki (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 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: 81 km SE of Yonakuni, Japan.
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