A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 109 km NNW of Nago, Japan (68 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007rfj. Id of event: us10007rfj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 40.05 km, 127.5593° East, 27.5065° North. The temblor was picked up at 22:59:19 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/12/16 / 2016-12-20 13:59:19 / December 20, 2016 @ 1:59 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.05 km (25 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 109 km NNW of Nago, Japan.
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