A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Nichinan in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000niy4. Id of event: us6000niy4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.211 km (27 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:48:53 / 6:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 18:48:53 / August 8, 2024 @ 6:48 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 131.6172 East, latitude 31.5417 North, depth = 43.211 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kajiki, Tarumizu, Hamanoichi. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 24 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan.
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