A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:38:01 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/03/20 / 2020-03-25 21:38:01 / March 25, 2020 @ 9:38 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.11 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70008iyp. Unique identifier: us70008iyp. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.2569 East, latitude 24.4538 North, depth = 66.11 km.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishigaki (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 26 km E of Yonakuni, Japan.
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