A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Ōyama in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 138.0959° East, 33.9001° North, depth 266.512 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mzm2. Unique identifier: us6000mzm2. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/05/24 / 2024-05-19 08:15:37 / May 19, 2024 @ 8:15 am. The temblor was detected at 08:15:37 / 8:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 266.512 km (166 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iwata, Sagara, Ōyama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Iwata (c. 88 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sagara (c. 25 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ōyama (c. 21 700 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km S of Ōyama, Japan.
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