A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Katsuren-haebaru in Japan on Monday. Global time and date of event 29/04/24 / 2024-04-29 19:23:49 / April 29, 2024 @ 7:23 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000mv0x. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mv0x. Exact location, longitude 128.6167° East, latitude 26.0079° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:23:49 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nago, Ishikawa, Chatan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Katsuren-haebaru (c. 34 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Chatan (c. 27 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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