A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan on Friday. The temblor was detected at 21:36:16 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/24 / 2024-04-26 21:36:16 / April 26, 2024 @ 9:36 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 66.692 km (41 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.8258 East, latitude 40.597 North, depth = 66.692 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000mw2m. Event ids that are associated: us6000mw2m.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aomori Shi, Mutsu, Ichinohe. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 29 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan.
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