Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.7 just reported 67 km southwest of Yonakuni, Japan

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake near Yonakuni, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa, Japan, was reported only 21 minutes ago by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in this part of the world. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter around noon on Thursday 29 July 2021 at 1:33 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Yonakuni (pop. 1,700) located 67 km from the epicenter.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Hualien City (pop. 350,500) located 105 km from the epicenter.

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Earthquake data:
Date & heure: 29 Jul 1:33 pm (GMT +9) local time (29 Jul 2021 04:33 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.7
Profondeur: 10.0 km
Épicentre latitude / longitude: 23.96°N / 122.64°E (Philippines Sea, Japan)
Source de données principale: BMKG