A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Yanai in Japan on Monday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:02:31 / 8:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 132.269 East, latitude 33.8149 North, depth = 50.17 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 50.17 km (31 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70005rfp. Unique identifier: us70005rfp. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/10/19 / 2019-10-06 23:02:31 / October 6, 2019 @ 11:02 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Hiroshima-shi (c. 1 143 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Matsuyama (c. 443 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Kure (c. 196 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ube (c. 173 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yamaguchi-shi (c. 145 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Niihama, Ube, Beppu (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km SE of Yanai, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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