A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 190 km ENE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (118 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/03/16 / 2016-03-31 12:38:15 / March 31, 2016 @ 12:38 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20005dn5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005dn5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.78 East, latitude 33.5095 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 21:38:15 / 9:38 pm (local time epicenter).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 190 km ENE of Hachijo-jima, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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