A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 298 km N of Chichi-shima, Japan (185 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/09/16 / 2016-09-09 06:15:24 / September 9, 2016 @ 6:15 am. Unique identifier: us10006nn2. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006nn2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.96 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 142.1059° East, latitude 29.774° North, depth = 34.96 km. The temblor was reported at 15:15:24 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter).
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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 298 km N of Chichi-shima, Japan.
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