A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Naze in Japan on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/07/16 / 2016-07-04 02:14:30 / July 4, 2016 @ 2:14 am. The temblor was detected at 11:14:30 / 11:14 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.32 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 129.4747° East, 29.2387° North, depth 39.32 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005zqf. Unique identifier: us10005zqf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naze (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 96 km N of Naze, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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