A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 99 km NNE of Chichi-shima, Japan (62 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 142.7558° East, 27.8367° North, depth 12.93 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.93 km (8 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/09/19 / 2019-09-07 14:16:16 / September 7, 2019 @ 2:16 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:16:16 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005d79. Id of event: us70005d79.
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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 99 km NNE of Chichi-shima, Japan.
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