A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Haebaru in Japan on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004vmt. Id of event: us60004vmt. Exact location of event, depth 7.54 km, 128.6767° East, 26.0054° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.54 km (5 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/07/19 / 2019-07-25 23:56:14 / July 25, 2019 @ 11:56 pm. The temblor was picked up at 08:56:14 / 8:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Katsuren-haebaru (c. 34 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Chatan (c. 27 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nago, Chatan, Ginowan.
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 one and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 88 km ESE of Haebaru, Japan.
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