A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Urakawa in Japan on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us6000n8lm. Event ids that are associated: us6000n8lm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.828 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/24 / 2024-06-27 11:27:29 / June 27, 2024 @ 11:27 am. The temblor was detected at 11:27:29 / 11:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 142.6142° East, 42.0339° North, depth 64.828 km.
The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km SW of Urakawa, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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