A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 118 km ENE of Naze, Japan (73 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.63 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 130.5171° East, 28.9203° North, depth 10.63 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:24:03 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j13l. Unique identifier: us2000j13l. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/19 / 2019-01-07 14:24:03 / January 7, 2019 @ 2:24 pm UTC/GMT.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 118 km ENE of Naze, Japan.
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