A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Ie in Japan on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 45.483 km, 127.8145° East, 26.6433° North. The temblor was reported at 06:41:43 / 6:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000mrar. Event ids that are associated: us7000mrar. Global time and date of event 09/06/24 / 2024-06-09 06:41:43 / June 9, 2024 @ 6:41 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45.483 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Itoman, Tomigusuku, Naha-shi (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km S of Ie, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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