A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000axkg. Unique identifier: us2000axkg. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/10/17 / 2017-10-01 19:20:28 / October 1, 2017 @ 7:20 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.09 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 131.0709° East, latitude 30.4016° North, depth = 52.09 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:20:28 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (23 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nishinoomote (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 37 km S of Nishinoomote, Japan.
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