A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Kameshima in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:06:01 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n7dx. Unique identifier: us7000n7dx. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/08/24 / 2024-08-16 13:06:01 / August 16, 2024 @ 1:06 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 134.836° East, latitude 36.3166° North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Toyooka (c. 46 500 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Miyazu (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miyazu, Toyooka. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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