A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Naha-shi in Japan on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us2000a7bx. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000a7bx. Exact location of event, longitude 127.2946 East, latitude 26.4013 North, depth = 51.28 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/08/17 / 2017-08-08 08:51:39 / August 8, 2017 @ 8:51 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.28 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 16:51:39 / 4:51 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tomigusuku (c. 55 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nago, Katsuren-haebaru, Gushikawa. 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 43 km WNW of Naha-shi, Japan.
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