A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Ichinohe in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.23 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:58:39 / 3:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/07/24 / 2024-07-27 15:58:39 / July 27, 2024 @ 3:58 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10.23 km, 141.0768° East, 40.142° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ngd3. Id of event: us6000ngd3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Akita Shi, Kitakami, Shimokizukuri (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Akita Shi (c. 325 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Akita (c. 320 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hirosaki (c. 175 000 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 20 km WSW of Ichinohe, Japan.
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