A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Miyako in Japan on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 40.16 km (25 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/05/18 / 2018-05-14 10:31:19 / May 14, 2018 @ 10:31 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000e4md. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e4md. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:31:19 / 8:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 40.16 km, 142.6537° East, 40.1083° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yamada, Miyako (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop). 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 five and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km NE of Miyako, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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