A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Yawatahama in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/24 / 2024-04-17 15:37:55 / April 17, 2024 @ 3:37 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 53.956 km (34 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mtqp. Unique identifier: us6000mtqp. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:37:55 / 3:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 132.4083° East, 33.323° North, depth 53.956 km.
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 Bungo-Takada-shi, Kudamatsu, Beppu. Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Matsuyama (c. 443 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Tsurusaki (c. 77 000 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Uwajima (c. 59 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kudamatsu (c. 52 800 pop).
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 struck near. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 15 km S of Yawatahama, Japan.
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