A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 224 km N of Chichi-shima, Japan (139 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:19:42 / 4:19 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000b2u8. Unique identifier: us2000b2u8. Exact location of event, longitude 142.3426 East, latitude 29.1048 North, depth = 20.24 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.24 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/10/17 / 2017-10-08 19:19:42 / October 8, 2017 @ 7:19 pm UTC/GMT.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 224 km N of Chichi-shima, Japan.
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