A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Haebaru in Japan on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/16 / 2016-08-05 05:39:39 / August 5, 2016 @ 5:39 am. Exact location of event, longitude 128.5449 East, latitude 25.9748 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006a8t. Unique identifier: us10006a8t. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:39:39 / 2:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Tomigusuku (c. 55 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nago, Naha-shi, Tomigusuku (min 5000 pop).
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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 78 km ESE of Haebaru, Japan.
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