A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Ishigaki in Japan. Unique identifier: us1000dx9b. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dx9b. Exact location of earthquake, 123.7417° East, 24.2894° North, depth 34.89 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:59:02 / 11:59 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 34.89 km (22 miles). Global time and date of event 27/04/18 / 2018-04-27 15:59:02 / April 27, 2018 @ 3:59 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishigaki. Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (26 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 was reported nearby.
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