A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Isehara in Japan on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/08/24 / 2024-08-09 10:57:37 / August 9, 2024 @ 10:57 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 18.542 km, 139.3395° East, 35.4028° North. The temblor was detected at 10:57:37 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000nj24. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nj24. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.542 km (12 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Shizuoka-shi (c. 701 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ami, Ashikaga, Sano (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 2 km E of Isehara, Japan.
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