A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 156 km ENE of Nago, Japan (97 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 129.5048° East, 26.9354° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/18 / 2018-09-27 11:45:54 / September 27, 2018 @ 11:45 am. Unique identifier: us1000h382. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h382. The temblor was picked up at 20:45:54 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter).
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 four, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days twenty-seven 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.
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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: 156 km ENE of Nago, Japan.
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