A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Ozu in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 130.9652° East, 32.9639° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 17/04/16 / 2016-04-17 04:14:00 / April 17, 2016 @ 4:14 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005j4q. Id of event: us20005j4q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:14:00 / 1:14 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Fukuoka-shi (c. 1 392 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Kumamoto (c. 680 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Kurume (c. 238 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Saga-shi (c. 165 200 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Ōmuta (c. 132 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ureshino, Takeo, Hondo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km NE of Ozu, Japan.
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