A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 276 km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (171 miles). The temblor was reported at 07:00:59 / 7:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/11/17 / 2017-11-08 22:00:59 / November 8, 2017 @ 10:00 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 141.7037 East, latitude 31.1909 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000bqe3. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000bqe3.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 276 km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan.
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