A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 14:35:21 / May 28, 2024 @ 2:35 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000n1hj. Event ids that are associated: us6000n1hj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 123.2759° East, latitude 24.4753° North, depth = 62.141 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 62.141 km (39 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:35:21 / 2:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishigaki (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km E of Yonakuni, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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