A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 132.0501 East, latitude 30.6862 North, depth = 7.41 km. Unique identifier: us1000bsus. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bsus. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.41 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/12/17 / 2017-12-18 23:28:28 / December 18, 2017 @ 11:28 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 08:28:28 / 8:28 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nishinoomote (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 101 km (62 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 100 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan.
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