A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan. Id of earthquake: us2000652f. Event ids that are associated: us2000652f. The temblor was detected at 08:21:30 / 8:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 123.5088° East, 23.9029° North, depth 38.49 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.49 km (24 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/06/16 / 2016-06-12 00:21:30 / June 12, 2016 @ 12:21 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishigaki (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km SE of Yonakuni, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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