A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Ozu in Japan on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.95 km (7 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20005kzm. Unique identifier: us20005kzm. The temblor was picked up at 06:31:03 / 6:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 131.1369° East, 32.8671° North, depth 10.95 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/04/16 / 2016-04-15 21:31:03 / April 15, 2016 @ 9:31 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Kumamoto (c. 680 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kurume (c. 238 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Saga-shi (c. 165 200 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Ōmuta (c. 132 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dazaifu, Tagawa, Chikushino-shi.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 25 km E of Ozu, Japan.
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