A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 57 km WNW of Hachijo-jima, Japan (35 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:22:14 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 139.2713° East, latitude 33.3536° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/07/16 / 2016-07-14 02:22:14 / July 14, 2016 @ 2:22 am. Event id: us20006ei0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006ei0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km WNW of Hachijo-jima, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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