A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 101 km ESE of Ishigaki, Japan (63 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:44:00 / 10:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 124.9974 East, latitude 23.8484 North, depth = 35 km. Event id: us700034r9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700034r9. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 02:44:00 / April 12, 2019 @ 2:44 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each 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 ten 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 101 km ESE of Ishigaki, Japan.
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