A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Urakawa in Japan on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 23:22:36 / May 28, 2024 @ 11:22 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000mnnd. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mnnd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.482 km (43 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:22:36 / 11:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 69.482 km, 142.6006° East, 42.0972° North.
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shizunai-furukawachō (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 16 km WSW of Urakawa, Japan.
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