A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Hirara in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/07/24 / 2024-07-10 11:54:26 / July 10, 2024 @ 11:54 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n0ay. Unique identifier: us7000n0ay. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:54:26 / 11:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 125.2638° East, latitude 25.4587° North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hirara.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 72 km N of Hirara, Japan.
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