A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 275 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan (171 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 23:14:33 / 11:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10005z4v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005z4v. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/06/16 / 2016-06-26 13:14:33 / June 26, 2016 @ 1:14 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 144.6863 East, latitude 38.1048 North, depth = 20.11 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.11 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 275 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan.
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