A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 161 km E of Nago, Japan (100 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/09/18 / 2018-09-15 03:51:16 / September 15, 2018 @ 3:51 am. The earthquake occurred 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, longitude 129.5944 East, latitude 26.6719 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:51:16 / 12:51 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000hi9p. Event ids that are associated: us2000hi9p.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 161 km E of Nago, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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