A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Uto in Japan on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/05/16 / 2016-05-14 09:45:10 / May 14, 2016 @ 9:45 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005hdv. Unique identifier: us10005hdv. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:45:10 / 6:45 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 earthquake, 130.5823° East, 32.7567° North, depth 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) from Kumamoto (c. 680 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Nagasaki-shi (c. 410 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kurume (c. 238 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sasebo (c. 237 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Saga-shi (c. 165 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Ōmuta (c. 132 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sasebo, Umi, Akune (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seventy and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 11 km NW of Uto, Japan.
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