M5.1 earthquake near Yaese, Okinawa

What happened

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 148 km SSE of Itoman, Japan on 11 Apr 2019, 17:52 UTC at a depth of 10 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is Yaese, about 146 km away in Okinawa, Japan.