A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Hiroo in Japan on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 08:30:06 / May 10, 2024 @ 8:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.912 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 66.912 km, 143.3321° East, 42.4225° North. The temblor was picked up at 08:30:06 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000mxpl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mxpl.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō, Otofuke, Obihiro. Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Obihiro (c. 173 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Otofuke (c. 40 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop).
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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km N of Hiroo, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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