A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan. Unique identifier: us7000mqzr. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mqzr. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.061 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/06/24 / 2024-06-02 13:37:50 / June 2, 2024 @ 1:37 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 123.3896° East, 23.8567° North, depth 36.061 km. The temblor was reported at 13:37:50 / 1:37 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishigaki (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 78 km SSE of Yonakuni, Japan.
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