A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Itoman in Japan on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 19/09/16 / 2016-09-19 03:07:01 / September 19, 2016 @ 3:07 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.5254 East, latitude 25.3829 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:07:01 / 12:07 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006tt5. Id of event: us10006tt5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Tomigusuku (c. 55 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomigusuku, Itoman (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 83 km S of Itoman, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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