A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/04/17 / 2017-04-29 19:41:50 / April 29, 2017 @ 7:41 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10008pp1. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008pp1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 131.3839° East, 30.7007° North, depth 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:41:50 / 4:41 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ibusuki (c. 29 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kushima (c. 22 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Shibushi (c. 18 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ibusuki, Kanoya, Shibushi. Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 36 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan.
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