A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/17 / 2017-12-20 18:33:15 / December 20, 2017 @ 6:33 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000c0pu. Event ids that are associated: us1000c0pu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 03:33:15 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 131.8559° East, latitude 30.6596° North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nishinoomote. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 82 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan.
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