A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Itoman in Japan. Id of earthquake: us1000hdxj. Event ids that are associated: us1000hdxj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/10/18 / 2018-10-13 23:19:55 / October 13, 2018 @ 11:19 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 128.1607° East, 25.8498° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 08:19:55 / 8:19 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nago, Ishikawa, Okinawa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Tomigusuku (c. 55 700 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 57 km ESE of Itoman, Japan.
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