A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Shimoda in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 139.4709 East, latitude 34.3236 North, depth = 145.78 km. Global time and date of event 02/06/20 / 2020-06-02 16:53:19 / June 2, 2020 @ 4:53 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:53:19 / 4:53 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000a8p8. Unique identifier: us6000a8p8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 145.78 km (91 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Itō (c. 71 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Miura (c. 51 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tateyama (c. 50 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Atami (c. 40 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Shimoda (c. 26 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Atami, Miura, Tateyama.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km SE of Shimoda, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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