A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, 132.0224° East, 30.6723° North, depth 30.73 km. The temblor was reported at 12:40:57 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bu5c. Unique identifier: us1000bu5c. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.73 km (19 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 03:40:57 / December 21, 2017 @ 3:40 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nishinoomote (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 98 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan.
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