A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 147 km E of Nago, Japan (91 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/18 / 2018-10-06 15:18:43 / October 6, 2018 @ 3:18 pm. Event id: us1000h84n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h84n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 129.4566° East, 26.5087° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 00:18:43 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 147 km E of Nago, Japan.
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