A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Hirara in Japan on Friday. Global time and date of event 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 21:05:13 / December 21, 2017 @ 9:05 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 125.048° East, 24.3019° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:05:13 / 5:05 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000burz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000burz.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishigaki, Hirara. Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop).
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km SSW of Hirara, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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