A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000btpv. Event ids that are associated: us1000btpv. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/17 / 2017-12-20 15:39:55 / December 20, 2017 @ 3:39 pm. Exact location, longitude 131.9031° East, latitude 30.6366° North, depth = 24.27 km. The temblor was reported at 00:39:55 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.27 km (15 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nishinoomote (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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