A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Takedamachi in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 16/04/16 / 2016-04-16 05:03:58 / April 16, 2016 @ 5:03 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005ixw. Unique identifier: us20005ixw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.71 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10.71 km, 131.1177° East, 33.0029° North. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:03:58 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Fukuoka-shi (c. 1 392 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Kitakyūshū (c. 997 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Kumamoto (c. 680 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kurume (c. 238 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Saga-shi (c. 165 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ōmuta (c. 132 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kashima, Kitakyūshū, Hitoyoshi. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 26 km W of Takedamachi, Japan.
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