A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ishigaki in Japan. Unique identifier: us1000d7g1. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000d7g1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/03/18 / 2018-03-13 06:10:53 / March 13, 2018 @ 6:10 am. Exact location of earthquake, 123.7182° East, 24.2966° North, depth 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:10:53 / 2:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishigaki (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen 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 quakes in the world.
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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 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: 44 km W of Ishigaki, Japan.
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