A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 02:45:20 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000aqbk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000aqbk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.5378 East, latitude 24.848 North, depth = 112.51 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/10/17 / 2017-10-11 18:45:20 / October 11, 2017 @ 6:45 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 112.51 km (70 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Keelung, Yilan. Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 63 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan.
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