A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 156 km E of Nago, Japan (97 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:19:18 / 5:19 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/09/18 / 2018-09-15 08:19:18 / September 15, 2018 @ 8:19 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000hf2c. Event ids that are associated: us2000hf2c. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 129.5462 East, latitude 26.5841 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 156 km E of Nago, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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