A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported Off the east coast of Honshu, Japan (0 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.8921 East, latitude 37.7451 North, depth = 11.33 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.33 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:44:31 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/16 / 2016-06-23 18:44:31 / June 23, 2016 @ 6:44 pm. Id of earthquake: us200067k5. Event ids that are associated: us200067k5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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