A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Naze in Japan on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 16/06/16 / 2016-06-16 21:42:01 / June 16, 2016 @ 9:42 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 06:42:01 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us200064xe. Unique identifier: us200064xe. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.89 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 23.89 km, 130.3991° East, 28.3272° North.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naze.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km E of Naze, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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