A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 243 km N of Chichi-shima, Japan (151 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/12/17 / 2017-12-08 19:19:28 / December 8, 2017 @ 7:19 pm. The temblor was picked up at 04:19:28 / 4:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.86 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.4754 East, latitude 29.2695 North, depth = 24.86 km. Event id: us2000c4g9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c4g9.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 243 km N of Chichi-shima, Japan.
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