A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 131.8154 East, latitude 30.7785 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:44:23 / 10:44 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000c0pi. Unique identifier: us1000c0pi. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/17 / 2017-12-20 13:44:23 / December 20, 2017 @ 1:44 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shibushi, Nichinan, Kushima (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Kushima (c. 22 100 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Shibushi (c. 18 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 78 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan.
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