A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 135 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan (84 miles). Event id: us20004wk0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004wk0. The temblor was picked up at 22:19:22 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.4508 East, latitude 25.617 North, depth = 189.1 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 02/02/16 / 2016-02-02 14:19:22 / February 2, 2016 @ 2:19 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 189.1 km (118 miles).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 135 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan.
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