A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 295 km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (183 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 08:12:08 / September 15, 2015 @ 8:12 am. The temblor was picked up at 17:12:08 / 5:12 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003jkv. Id of event: us20003jkv. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.0378 East, latitude 31.2136 North, depth = 32.22 km. 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 32.22 km (20 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 295 km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan.
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