A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 71 km SW of Chichi-shima, Japan (44 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.22 km (25 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 141.6954° East, 26.6344° North, depth 40.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:29:35 / 6:29 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/03/20 / 2020-03-10 09:29:35 / March 10, 2020 @ 9:29 am. Id of earthquake: us60008f5l. Event ids that are associated: us60008f5l.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km SW of Chichi-shima, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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