A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Nago in Japan. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:19:08 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74.63 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 128.4702° East, latitude 27.1088° North, depth = 74.63 km. Event id: us700036ym. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700036ym. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/04/19 / 2019-04-16 09:19:08 / April 16, 2019 @ 9:19 am.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nago (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 75 km NE of Nago, Japan.
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