A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 176 km E of Nago, Japan (109 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hjqc. Unique identifier: us2000hjqc. Global time and date of event 17/09/18 / 2018-09-17 02:26:26 / September 17, 2018 @ 2:26 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:26:26 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 129.7408° East, 26.7525° North, depth 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 176 km E of Nago, Japan.
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