A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 52 km NW of Hachijo-jima, Japan (32 miles). Global time and date of event 14/07/16 / 2016-07-14 02:05:56 / July 14, 2016 @ 2:05 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 139.3732 East, latitude 33.386 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us20006ehb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006ehb. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:05:56 / 11:05 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km NW of Hachijo-jima, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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