A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 286 km SSE of Iwo Jima, Japan (178 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/03/16 / 2016-03-30 13:36:42 / March 30, 2016 @ 1:36 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005fls. Id of event: us20005fls. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 62.71 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:36:42 / 11:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 62.71 km, 142.8495° East, 22.6041° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 286 km SSE of Iwo Jima, Japan.
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