A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:47:15 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000c0px. Unique identifier: us1000c0px. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/12/17 / 2017-12-20 14:47:15 / December 20, 2017 @ 2:47 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 131.9807 East, latitude 30.6249 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nishinoomote. Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 94 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan.
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