A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Haebaru in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 128.6373 East, latitude 26.1339 North, depth = 7.57 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.57 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 16:18:40 / 4:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/16 / 2016-12-29 07:18:40 / December 29, 2016 @ 7:18 am. Id of earthquake: us10007tnp. Event ids that are associated: us10007tnp.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Itoman, Naha-shi, Tomigusuku (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 96 km (59 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km ESE of Haebaru, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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