A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Haebaru in Japan on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:42:43 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10007rax. Event ids that are associated: us10007rax. Exact location of event, longitude 128.6329 East, latitude 26.0205 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/01/17 / 2017-01-05 10:42:43 / January 5, 2017 @ 10:42 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naha-shi, Itoman, Tomigusuku (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 97 km (61 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Tomigusuku (c. 55 700 pop).
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
Questions or comments?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 83 km ESE of Haebaru, Japan.
Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply