A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Tomioka in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 141.4486° East, latitude 37.0679° North, depth = 72.985 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 72.985 km (45 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nh59. Unique identifier: us6000nh59. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 07:14:21 / July 19, 2024 @ 7:14 am. The temblor was reported at 07:14:21 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Takahagi (c. 33 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Funehikimachi-funehiki (c. 23 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishikawa, Hitachi, Funehikimachi-funehiki (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km SE of Tomioka, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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