A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Tomioka in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.493 km (15 miles). Global time and date of event 28/04/24 / 2024-04-28 16:16:05 / April 28, 2024 @ 4:16 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000munv. Event ids that are associated: us6000munv. The temblor was picked up at 16:16:05 / 4:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 23.493 km, 141.3647° East, 37.3398° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōkawara, Iwanuma, Fukushima-shi (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Watari (c. 36 300 pop). Nearby 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 has occurred nearby.
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