A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 208 km SSE of Naze, Japan (129 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:45:21 / 11:45 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000cpw6. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cpw6. 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. Global time and date of event 14/01/18 / 2018-01-14 02:45:21 / January 14, 2018 @ 2:45 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 130.3505° East, 26.6489° North, depth 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fourteen 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.
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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. 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: 208 km SSE of Naze, Japan.
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