A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Hirara in Japan on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/11/19 / 2019-11-29 14:57:24 / November 29, 2019 @ 2:57 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 124.8153° East, latitude 24.7669° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 22:57:24 / 10:57 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006f2s. Unique identifier: us70006f2s. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishigaki, Hirara (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km W of Hirara, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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