A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Tateyama in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/10/16 / 2016-10-11 23:05:32 / October 11, 2016 @ 11:05 pm. Exact location, longitude 140.4008° East, latitude 34.1877° North, depth = 71.26 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:05:32 / 8:05 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007dav. Id of event: us20007dav. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.26 km (44 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Tateyama (c. 50 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tateyama (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 100 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan.
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