A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 212 km SW of Hachijo-jima, Japan (132 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/12/19 / 2019-12-11 13:49:43 / December 11, 2019 @ 1:49 pm. Exact location, longitude 137.9684° East, latitude 31.9566° North, depth = 369.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us60006q65. Unique identifier: us60006q65. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:49:43 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 369.86 km (230 miles).
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 four and in the last 365 days nine 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: 212 km SW of Hachijo-jima, Japan.
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