A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Uwajima in Japan. Exact location, longitude 132.3067° East, latitude 33.2342° North, depth = 45.313 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/05/24 / 2024-05-31 19:02:03 / May 31, 2024 @ 7:02 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45.313 km (28 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mpbk. Unique identifier: us7000mpbk. The temblor was detected at 19:02:03 / 7:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kudamatsu, Nobeoka, Hōjō (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Matsuyama (c. 443 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Tsurusaki (c. 77 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Uwajima (c. 59 000 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Kudamatsu (c. 52 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 23 km W of Uwajima, Japan.
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