A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 230 km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (143 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10005jm2. Event ids that are associated: us10005jm2. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/05/16 / 2016-05-17 07:49:52 / May 17, 2016 @ 7:49 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:49:52 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 141.7875 East, latitude 31.8701 North, depth = 10 km.
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 thirty-five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 230 km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan.
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