A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 114 km SW of Naze, Japan (71 miles). Event id: us20005ydi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005ydi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/05/16 / 2016-05-27 03:46:51 / May 27, 2016 @ 3:46 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.6054 East, latitude 27.6929 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 12:46:51 / 12:46 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 114 km SW of Naze, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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