A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Uwajima in Japan on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 132.3539° East, latitude 33.2552° North, depth = 50.484 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:19:00 / 2:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/04/24 / 2024-04-17 14:19:00 / April 17, 2024 @ 2:19 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mtqm. Unique identifier: us6000mtqm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 50.484 km (31 miles).
The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Matsuyama (c. 443 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Tokuyama (c. 101 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tsurusaki (c. 77 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Uwajima (c. 59 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tokuyama, Nobeoka, Takedamachi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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