A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 136 km NE of Naze, Japan (85 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 00:58:56 / December 20, 2018 @ 12:58 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:58:56 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 130.5894 East, latitude 29.1186 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j1st. Id of event: us2000j1st.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 136 km NE of Naze, Japan.
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