A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 169 km E of Hasaki, Japan (105 miles). Exact location of event, depth 31.32 km, 142.7014° East, 35.8998° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006r1d. Unique identifier: us10006r1d. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:34:01 / 9:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.32 km (19 miles). Global time and date of event 20/09/16 / 2016-09-20 11:34:01 / September 20, 2016 @ 11:34 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 169 km E of Hasaki, Japan.
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