A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Urakawa in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 142.608° East, latitude 41.8753° North, depth = 76.228 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 76.228 km (47 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:31:09 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mt1f. Id of event: us7000mt1f. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/06/24 / 2024-06-17 16:31:09 / June 17, 2024 @ 4:31 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km SSW of Urakawa, Japan.
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