A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:18:17 / 11:18 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 45.28 km (28 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 131.0084° East, 30.3939° North, depth 45.28 km. Unique identifier: us2000hcmp. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hcmp. Global time and date of event 11/09/18 / 2018-09-11 14:18:17 / September 11, 2018 @ 2:18 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nishinoomote.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 37 km S of Nishinoomote, Japan.
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