A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 146 km N of Naze, Japan (91 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/17 / 2017-12-31 03:48:57 / December 31, 2017 @ 3:48 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000byey. Unique identifier: us1000byey. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 165.49 km (103 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 12:48:57 / 12:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 129.3059 East, latitude 29.6759 North, depth = 165.49 km.
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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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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: 146 km N of Naze, Japan.
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