A earthquake with magnitude 6 (ml/mb) was reported 109 kilometers (68 miles) from Hirara in Japan on Tuesday. The 6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:54:14 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.2875 East, latitude 24.4414 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/05/17 / 2017-05-09 01:54:14 / May 9, 2017 @ 1:54 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10008qnw. Event ids that are associated: us10008qnw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hirara. The epicenter was 107 km (67 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 109 km ESE of Hirara, Japan.
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