A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan on Friday. Id of earthquake: us2000j8n6. Event ids that are associated: us2000j8n6. The temblor was detected at 13:48:21 / 1:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 25/01/19 / 2019-01-25 04:48:21 / January 25, 2019 @ 4:48 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.1498 East, latitude 29.9919 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nishinoomote. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 83 km S of Nishinoomote, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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