A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Hirara in Japan on Monday. Event id: us10006jl7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006jl7. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.45 km (25 miles). The temblor was detected at 09:42:18 / 9:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 124.9455 East, latitude 24.6178 North, depth = 39.45 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/08/16 / 2016-08-29 01:42:18 / August 29, 2016 @ 1:42 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishigaki, Hirara.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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