A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 176 km SE of Chichi-shima, Japan (109 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 143.5456° East, 26.0258° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us60004zl9. Unique identifier: us60004zl9. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:10:31 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/19 / 2019-07-26 21:10:31 / July 26, 2019 @ 9:10 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 176 km SE of Chichi-shima, Japan.
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