A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Susaki in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/20 / 2020-06-09 15:22:39 / June 9, 2020 @ 3:22 pm. The temblor was detected at 15:22:39 / 3:22 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000a8k6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a8k6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 133.3763° East, latitude 33.2727° North, depth = 15.42 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.42 km (10 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kan’onjichō, Hōjō, Ikedachō (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Matsuyama (c. 443 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Kōchi-shi (c. 335 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Niihama (c. 123 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Uwajima (c. 59 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Saijō (c. 58 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Kan’onjichō (c. 44 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ōzu (c. 38 800 pop).
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 two 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 15 km SSE of Susaki, Japan.
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