A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 26 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan (16 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.52 km (35 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 23:50:55 / January 5, 2019 @ 11:50 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j7r5. Unique identifier: us2000j7r5. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:50:55 / 7:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 122.7729° East, latitude 24.3442° North, depth = 56.52 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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