A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Mutsu in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.699 km (38 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:18:03 / 1:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/08/24 / 2024-08-21 13:18:03 / August 21, 2024 @ 1:18 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8gj. Id of event: us7000n8gj. Exact location of earthquake, 142.0124° East, 41.4588° North, depth 61.699 km.
Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mutsu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 69 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan.
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