A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Tarama in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.704 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 23:12:16 / May 27, 2024 @ 11:12 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 124.9109 East, latitude 24.3262 North, depth = 43.704 km. Event id: us7000mq2u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mq2u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:12:16 / 11:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishigaki, Hirara.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 43 km SSE of Tarama, Japan.
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