A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Tomioka in Japan on Thursday. Unique identifier: us6000mz0k. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mz0k. The temblor was reported at 16:15:27 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52.944 km (33 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 141.5945° East, 37.4361° North, depth 52.944 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/05/24 / 2024-05-16 16:15:27 / May 16, 2024 @ 4:15 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miharu, Kakuda, Watari. Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Watari (c. 36 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kakuda (c. 33 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Funehikimachi-funehiki (c. 23 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Miharu (c. 19 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Marumori (c. 16 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km ENE of Tomioka, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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