A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Ishikawa in Japan on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 127.0469 East, latitude 26.9577 North, depth = 110.73 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/05/16 / 2016-05-19 11:50:09 / May 19, 2016 @ 11:50 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 110.73 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005ifb. Unique identifier: us10005ifb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:50:09 / 7:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 101 km (63 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Ishikawa (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nago, Ishikawa.
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 97 km NW of Ishikawa, Japan.
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