A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Naze in Japan on Monday. Id of earthquake: us10005zr5. Event ids that are associated: us10005zr5. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/16 / 2016-07-04 02:24:23 / July 4, 2016 @ 2:24 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.53 km (23 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:24:23 / 11:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 129.2817 East, latitude 29.0458 North, depth = 37.53 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naze (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 77 km NNW of Naze, Japan.
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