A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ishigaki in Japan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.5 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 124.4898° East, latitude 24.0805° North, depth = 54.5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006xhp. Id of event: us70006xhp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/01/20 / 2020-01-10 10:59:10 / January 10, 2020 @ 10:59 am. The temblor was detected at 18:59:10 / 6:59 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishigaki (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 44 km SE of Ishigaki, Japan.
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