A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Naha-shi in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 126.765° East, 26.5184° North, depth 16.19 km. Event id: us20005ax6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005ax6. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:28:06 / 7:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/03/16 / 2016-03-18 23:28:06 / March 18, 2016 @ 11:28 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.19 km (10 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (61 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Tomigusuku (c. 55 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Itoman, Tomigusuku, Naha-shi (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 97 km WNW of Naha-shi, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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