A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Miyazaki in Japan on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/06/24 / 2024-06-17 09:26:05 / June 17, 2024 @ 9:26 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.7102 East, latitude 31.7335 North, depth = 45.53 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.53 km (28 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:26:05 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000msyr. Unique identifier: us7000msyr.
Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nobeoka, Hamanoichi, Kanoya (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km SE of Miyazaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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