A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Koseda in Japan on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.986 km (13 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/24 / 2024-05-04 16:34:17 / May 4, 2024 @ 4:34 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 20.986 km, 130.8781° East, 30.3642° North. Unique identifier: us6000mxrd. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxrd. The temblor was reported at 16:34:17 / 4:34 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nishinoomote. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km E of Koseda, Japan.
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