A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Iruma in Japan on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/24 / 2024-06-24 14:24:18 / June 24, 2024 @ 2:24 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000muc7. Unique identifier: us7000muc7. The temblor was detected at 14:24:18 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 139.3344 East, latitude 35.8135 North, depth = 60.922 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.922 km (38 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishioka, Fuji, Fujinomiya. Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 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 four, in the past 30 days seven 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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