A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan on Saturday. Unique identifier: us70006rs4. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006rs4. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:41:56 / 7:41 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/12/19 / 2019-12-27 23:41:56 / December 27, 2019 @ 11:41 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.35 km (30 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 123.4953 East, latitude 24.0667 North, depth = 48.35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishigaki (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 67 km SE of Yonakuni, Japan.
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