A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Onagawa Chō in Japan. Exact location, longitude 141.8885° East, latitude 38.0231° North, depth = 49.054 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:40:33 / 7:40 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000mtjt. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mtjt. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/06/24 / 2024-06-20 07:40:33 / June 20, 2024 @ 7:40 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.054 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sendai, Sendai-shi, Watari (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Watari (c. 36 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 60 km SE of Onagawa Chō, Japan.
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