A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Saiki in Japan. 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 53.53 km (33 miles). Id of earthquake: us20007fz9. Event ids that are associated: us20007fz9. Exact location, longitude 131.8559° East, latitude 32.7466° North, depth = 53.53 km. Global time and date of event 21/10/16 / 2016-10-21 18:33:46 / October 21, 2016 @ 6:33 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:33:46 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Tsurusaki (c. 77 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Uwajima (c. 59 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Saiki (c. 49 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miyazaki-shi, Kikuchi, Bungo-Takada-shi (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. 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 fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 22 km S of Saiki, Japan.
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