A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Nago in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:11:15 / 8:11 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10004xmg. Event ids that are associated: us10004xmg. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/03/16 / 2016-03-14 23:11:15 / March 14, 2016 @ 11:11 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.28 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 128.9514° East, latitude 26.5636° North, depth = 18.28 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nago (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 97 km E of Nago, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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