A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from China in Japan on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 128.9437° East, 26.7519° North. 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: 17/01/25 / 2025-01-17 07:09:31 / January 17, 2025 @ 7:09 am. The temblor was detected at 07:09:31 / 7:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000pkl2. Event ids that are associated: us6000pkl2.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nago. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 74 km SSE of China, Japan.
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