A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Nago in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.52 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007gd3. Id of event: us20007gd3. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/10/16 / 2016-10-18 07:22:13 / October 18, 2016 @ 7:22 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.4784 East, latitude 27.3516 North, depth = 53.52 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:22:13 / 4:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nago.
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 98 km NNE of Nago, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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