A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 104 kilometers (65 miles) from Hirara in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 124.7838° East, latitude 25.6229° North, depth = 111.77 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/08/19 / 2019-08-08 18:56:45 / August 8, 2019 @ 6:56 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.77 km (69 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:56:45 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us600052fk. Ids that are associated to the event: us600052fk.
Earthquake epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hirara.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 104 km NNW of Hirara, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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