A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Nago in Japan on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us70008wke. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008wke. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:19:04 / 4:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 128.9151° East, latitude 26.2168° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 07:19:04 / April 15, 2020 @ 7:19 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gushikawa, Katsuren-haebaru, Nago. Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 106 km (66 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Katsuren-haebaru (c. 34 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 102 km ESE of Nago, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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