A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Katsuura in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.909 km (25 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/07/24 / 2024-07-04 03:12:29 / July 4, 2024 @ 3:12 am. The temblor was detected at 03:12:29 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.3816 East, latitude 35.1225 North, depth = 40.909 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000mwzq. Event ids that are associated: us7000mwzq.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mitsukaidō, Naka, Ninomiya (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Kawaguchi (c. 468 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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