A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Ishigaki in Japan on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88.56 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 01:57:30 / June 10, 2016 @ 1:57 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:57:30 / 9:57 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us200063cl. Unique identifier: us200063cl. Exact location of event, longitude 124.3082 East, latitude 25.0918 North, depth = 88.56 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishigaki (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km N of Ishigaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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