A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 160 km ESE of Chichi-shima, Japan (99 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.8 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 143.7508 East, latitude 26.6229 North, depth = 7.8 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/06/16 / 2016-06-29 00:32:54 / June 29, 2016 @ 12:32 am. Unique identifier: us10006022. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006022. The temblor was reported at 10:32:54 / 10:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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