A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 126 km ESE of Ohara, Japan (78 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/10/16 / 2016-10-01 09:40:23 / October 1, 2016 @ 9:40 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.6232 East, latitude 34.7428 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 18:40:23 / 6:40 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006uct. Unique identifier: us10006uct. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 126 km ESE of Ohara, Japan.
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