A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Ichinohe in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n072. Id of event: us7000n072. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 05:27:47 / July 19, 2024 @ 5:27 am. The temblor was reported at 05:27:47 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.488 km (8 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 141.0707° East, latitude 40.1829° North, depth = 13.488 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Akita Shi, Akita, Ōmagari (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Akita Shi (c. 325 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Akita (c. 320 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hirosaki (c. 175 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 19 km WSW of Ichinohe, Japan.
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