A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 297 km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (185 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/03/16 / 2016-03-23 09:13:15 / March 23, 2016 @ 9:13 am. Unique identifier: us20005c03. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005c03. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.57 km (5 miles). Exact location, longitude 142.3257° East, latitude 31.468° North, depth = 7.57 km. The temblor was detected at 18:13:15 / 6:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 297 km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan.
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