A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Shizunai in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.5278 East, latitude 41.9997 North, depth = 66.69 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/06/16 / 2016-06-24 16:40:32 / June 24, 2016 @ 4:40 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 66.69 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us200066km. Unique identifier: us200066km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:40:32 / 2:40 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (25 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō.
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 two and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 39 km SSE of Shizunai, Japan.
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