A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 261 km ESE of Chichi-shima, Japan (162 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 144.4035 East, latitude 25.7787 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 11:57:18 / 11:57 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/07/19 / 2019-07-24 01:57:18 / July 24, 2019 @ 1:57 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us60004yk6. Unique identifier: us60004yk6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 261 km ESE of Chichi-shima, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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