A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Tarama in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000mt5t. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mt5t. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 96.787 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 96.787 km, 124.7807° East, 25.2385° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 09:41:10 / April 23, 2024 @ 9:41 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:41:10 / 9:41 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hirara (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km N of Tarama, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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