A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 171 km E of Nago, Japan (106 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000hiag. Event ids that are associated: us2000hiag. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/18 / 2018-09-15 18:34:37 / September 15, 2018 @ 6:34 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:34:37 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter). 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 21.88 km (14 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 129.6934 East, latitude 26.7272 North, depth = 21.88 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days thirty-seven 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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