A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 253 km SE of Iwo Jima, Japan (157 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us700061nk. Event ids that are associated: us700061nk. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 83.78 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 143.164° East, 23.2293° North, depth 83.78 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:48:59 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/10/19 / 2019-10-22 18:48:59 / October 22, 2019 @ 6:48 pm UTC/GMT.
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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 253 km SE of Iwo Jima, Japan.
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