A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Ito in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 19:22:39 / 7:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 139.1644 East, latitude 35.0178 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/06/19 / 2019-06-24 10:22:39 / June 24, 2019 @ 10:22 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004564. Id of event: us60004564. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Shizuoka-shi (c. 701 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Yokosuka (c. 429 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ryūō, Shimada, Tokorozawa.
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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 9 km NE of Ito, Japan.
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