A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Hitachi in Japan on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 141.0546° East, 36.4853° North, depth 58.314 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mtqy. Unique identifier: us7000mtqy. The temblor was picked up at 05:23:18 / 5:23 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.314 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 05:23:18 / June 21, 2024 @ 5:23 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naka, Mooka, Asahi (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Tsukuba (c. 175 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Katori-shi (c. 83 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 38 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan.
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