A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Fukue in Japan on Friday. Exact location, longitude 129.1242° East, latitude 32.021° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000j8np. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j8np. 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 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/01/19 / 2019-01-25 05:41:37 / January 25, 2019 @ 5:41 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 14:41:37 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ushibuka, Fukuechō. Event epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Fukuechō (c. 26 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ushibuka (c. 16 700 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km SSE of Fukue, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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