A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Minami-Sōma in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 142.0178° East, 37.6745° North, depth 64.405 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.405 km (40 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:38:38 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000njfg. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000njfg. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/08/24 / 2024-08-11 00:38:38 / August 11, 2024 @ 12:38 am.
The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Namie.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 91 km E of Minami-Sōma, Japan.
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