A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Noshiro in Japan. Unique identifier: us7000mrp0. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mrp0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/06/24 / 2024-06-11 10:33:48 / June 11, 2024 @ 10:33 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 139.0837 East, latitude 40.2591 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:33:48 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tennō, Noshiromachi. Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Noshiromachi (c. 51 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tennō (c. 22 700 pop).
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 has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 80 km W of Noshiro, Japan.
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