A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Uto in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/08/16 / 2016-08-31 21:33:50 / August 31, 2016 @ 9:33 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:33:50 / 6:33 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10006j5f. Event ids that are associated: us10006j5f. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 130.5299° East, 32.7657° North.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tagawa, Iizuka, Kobayashi (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Fukuoka-shi (c. 1 392 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Kumamoto (c. 680 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Nagasaki-shi (c. 410 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kurume (c. 238 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sasebo (c. 237 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Saga-shi (c. 165 200 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Ōmuta (c. 132 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 15 km NW of Uto, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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