A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 202 km NW of Nanao, Japan (126 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/05/16 / 2016-05-13 04:40:37 / May 13, 2016 @ 4:40 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 135.2466 East, latitude 38.2603 North, depth = 366.74 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 366.74 km (228 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:40:37 / 1:40 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005h0k. Id of event: us10005h0k.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 202 km NW of Nanao, Japan.
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