A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Namie in Japan on Friday. 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: 28/06/24 / 2024-06-28 01:46:51 / June 28, 2024 @ 1:46 am. Exact location, longitude 141.976° East, latitude 37.5886° North, depth = 33.86 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n8ss. Id of event: us6000n8ss. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.86 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:46:51 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Namie (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km E of Namie, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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