A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 123.5739° East, latitude 24.6877° North, depth = 42.18 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.18 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 16:09:07 / 4:09 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/01/25 / 2025-01-18 16:09:07 / January 18, 2025 @ 4:09 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pkyg. Id of event: us6000pkyg.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishigaki (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km ENE of Yonakuni, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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