A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 12 km ENE of Yonakuni, Japan (7 miles) on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 67.21 km (42 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.12 East, latitude 24.4941 North, depth = 67.21 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000arqq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000arqq. Global time and date of event 07/09/17 / 2017-09-07 21:15:02 / September 7, 2017 @ 9:15 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:15:02 / 5:15 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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