A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, Volcano Islands, Japan region (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/02/21 / 2021-02-14 14:51:57 / February 14, 2021 @ 2:51 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000dhm6. Event ids that are associated: us6000dhm6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 145.7447 East, latitude 22.6722 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:51:57 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate 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 two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Volcano Islands, Japan region.
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