A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Tomioka in Japan on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n05q. Id of event: us6000n05q. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 20:46:22 / May 21, 2024 @ 8:46 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.874 km (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 142.0078 East, latitude 37.3579 North, depth = 42.874 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:46:22 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Namie.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 87 km E of Tomioka, Japan.
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