A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Ushiku in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 140.0946° East, 35.9951° North, depth 77.994 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/24 / 2024-07-18 15:17:35 / July 18, 2024 @ 3:17 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000n00u. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n00u. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:17:35 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 77.994 km (48 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nikkō, Tamamura, Hayama (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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