A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Ishigaki in Japan. The temblor was reported at 11:24:01 / 11:24 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007dnc. Unique identifier: us20007dnc. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/10/16 / 2016-10-03 03:24:01 / October 3, 2016 @ 3:24 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 19.05 km (12 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 123.5756 East, latitude 24.2782 North, depth = 19.05 km.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishigaki (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km W of Ishigaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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