A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 204 km SE of Shingu, Japan (127 miles) on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/19 / 2019-12-16 06:38:42 / December 16, 2019 @ 6:38 am. Exact location of earthquake, 137.4731° East, 32.3863° North, depth 396.1 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: us60006s1w. Unique identifier: us60006s1w. The temblor was picked up at 15:38:42 / 3:38 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 396.1 km (246 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 204 km SE of Shingu, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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