A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 152 km E of Nago, Japan (94 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:05:12 / 5:05 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hiax. Unique identifier: us2000hiax. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/09/18 / 2018-09-15 08:05:12 / September 15, 2018 @ 8:05 am. Exact location, longitude 129.4978° East, latitude 26.7366° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 152 km E of Nago, Japan.
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