A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 103 kilometers (64 miles) from Ishigaki in Japan on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 100.32 km (62 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/19 / 2019-07-22 20:46:58 / July 22, 2019 @ 8:46 pm. Unique identifier: us70004qu1. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004qu1. Exact location, longitude 124.3645° East, latitude 25.2565° North, depth = 100.32 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:46:58 / 4:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 104 km (64 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishigaki (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 103 km NNE of Ishigaki, Japan.
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