A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Anamizu in Japan. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:40:19 / 9:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.908 km (2 miles). Unique identifier: us7000mppw. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mppw. Exact location of earthquake, 137.3121° East, 37.4835° North, depth 3.908 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/06/24 / 2024-06-02 21:40:19 / June 2, 2024 @ 9:40 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hakuba, Arai, Jōetsu (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Toyama-shi (c. 325 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Jōetsu (c. 204 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Takaoka (c. 170 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Himi (c. 54 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Uozu (c. 45 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Nanao (c. 45 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Nishishinminato (c. 36 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. 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: 45 km NE of Anamizu, Japan.
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