A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 126 km NNW of Nago, Japan (78 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:12:17 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/05/18 / 2018-05-24 11:12:17 / May 24, 2018 @ 11:12 am. Exact location of earthquake, 127.6986° East, 27.7023° North, depth 121.38 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000eb6b. Unique identifier: us1000eb6b. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 121.38 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 126 km NNW of Nago, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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