A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 202 km ESE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (126 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20006hhy. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006hhy. Exact location of event, longitude 141.8207 East, latitude 32.4271 North, depth = 18.2 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.2 km (11 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/07/16 / 2016-07-25 16:58:23 / July 25, 2016 @ 4:58 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:58:23 / 1:58 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 202 km ESE of Hachijo-jima, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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