A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 163 km E of Nago, Japan (101 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 129.6099° East, 26.7446° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000hi9q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hi9q. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:32:50 / 4:32 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/18 / 2018-09-15 07:32:50 / September 15, 2018 @ 7:32 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 163 km E of Nago, Japan.
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