A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Nichinan in Japan. The temblor was detected at 17:49:08 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/11/16 / 2016-11-10 08:49:08 / November 10, 2016 @ 8:49 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.35 km (14 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 131.6172 East, latitude 31.3073 North, depth = 22.35 km. Id of earthquake: us100078t8. Event ids that are associated: us100078t8.
Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Tsuma (c. 34 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokubu-matsuki, Takanabe, Ibusuki (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 40 km SE of Nichinan, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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