A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Ishigaki in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:32:14 / 10:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 123.7653 East, latitude 25.0584 North, depth = 102.96 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/20 / 2020-01-03 02:32:14 / January 3, 2020 @ 2:32 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102.96 km (64 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000714b. Id of event: us7000714b.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishigaki.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 88 km NNW of Ishigaki, Japan.
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