A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Naze in Japan on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.85 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/19 / 2019-12-20 09:31:17 / December 20, 2019 @ 9:31 am. Exact location of event, longitude 129.5442 East, latitude 28.2845 North, depth = 47.85 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006wzg. Unique identifier: us70006wzg. The temblor was reported at 18:31:17 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naze (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop).
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 10 km SSE of Naze, Japan.
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