A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 251 km N of Chichi-shima, Japan (156 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 09:10:55 / 9:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 142.6236 East, latitude 29.3251 North, depth = 7.15 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/12/17 / 2017-12-22 23:10:55 / December 22, 2017 @ 11:10 pm. Unique identifier: us1000bv7f. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bv7f. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.15 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 251 km N of Chichi-shima, Japan.
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