A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 131 km ENE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (81 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003268. Unique identifier: us10003268. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.153 East, latitude 33.4108 North, depth = 33.17 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/08/15 / 2015-08-14 01:23:48 / August 14, 2015 @ 1:23 am. The temblor was picked up at 10:23:48 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.17 km (21 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve 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 earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 131 km ENE of Hachijo-jima, Japan.
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