A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 30 km ESE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (19 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 135.79 km, 140.1006° East, 32.9748° North. The temblor was reported at 01:46:36 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 16/02/18 / 2018-02-16 16:46:36 / February 16, 2018 @ 4:46 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135.79 km (84 miles). Event id: us2000d3aj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d3aj.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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