A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Bungo-Takada-shi in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us20006grd. Unique identifier: us20006grd. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/16 / 2016-07-18 21:22:43 / July 18, 2016 @ 9:22 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 131.5413° East, 33.6878° North, depth 123.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:22:43 / 6:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.4 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Kitakyūshū (c. 997 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Shimonoseki (c. 245 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Ube (c. 173 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Yamaguchi-shi (c. 145 500 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sasaguri, Saiki, Tanushimarumachi-toyoki.
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 twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km NNE of Bungo-Takada-shi, Japan.
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