A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Shisui in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000mnj8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mnj8. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 21:40:16 / May 21, 2024 @ 9:40 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:40:16 / 9:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75.779 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 140.2705° East, latitude 35.7329° North, depth = 75.779 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tanuma, Ōme, Ōmiya (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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