A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 98 km ESE of Yamada, Japan (61 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzzr. Unique identifier: us7000mzzr. The temblor was detected at 12:04:17 / 12:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 143.0032° East, latitude 39.1246° North, depth = 33.988 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.988 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/24 / 2024-07-18 12:04:17 / July 18, 2024 @ 12:04 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 98 km ESE of Yamada, Japan.
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