A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Makurazaki in Japan on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 18:48:20 / 6:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.38 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 29/11/15 / 2015-11-29 09:48:20 / November 29, 2015 @ 9:48 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000420t. Id of event: us1000420t. Exact location of event, longitude 129.2914 East, latitude 31.2913 North, depth = 25.38 km.
The epicenter was 97 km (61 miles) from Makurazaki (c. 25 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Makurazaki (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 97 km W of Makurazaki, Japan.
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