A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō in Japan. The temblor was detected at 06:43:59 / 6:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 142.2809 East, latitude 41.939 North, depth = 62.979 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n8ty. Unique identifier: us6000n8ty. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.979 km (39 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: 28/06/24 / 2024-06-28 06:43:59 / June 28, 2024 @ 6:43 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō. Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (28 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 44 km S of Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan.
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