A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Kuji in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 142.2353° East, 40.6354° North, depth 83.438 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:06:42 / 12:06 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n00u. Id of event: us6000n00u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 12:06:42 / May 21, 2024 @ 12:06 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 83.438 km (52 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ichinohe, Misawa, Hachinohe (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 63 km NE of Kuji, Japan.
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