A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 163 km E of Nago, Japan (101 miles) on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/18 / 2018-09-15 01:41:58 / September 15, 2018 @ 1:41 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hi9k. Id of event: us2000hi9k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:41:58 / 10:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 129.6077 East, latitude 26.7306 North, depth = 28.4 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 28.4 km (18 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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