A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Miyakojima in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000myz5. Unique identifier: us6000myz5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 125.1211° East, 24.3219° North, depth 31.553 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:58:15 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.553 km (20 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/05/24 / 2024-05-09 09:58:15 / May 9, 2024 @ 9:58 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (35 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hirara. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km SSW of Miyakojima, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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