A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Nichinan in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.8052 East, latitude 31.4414 North, depth = 43.119 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.119 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 11/08/24 / 2024-08-11 21:48:13 / August 11, 2024 @ 9:48 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000npi5. Id of event: us6000npi5. The temblor was picked up at 21:48:13 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kanoya, Tsuma, Takanabe. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Tsuma (c. 34 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Takanabe (c. 22 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 45 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan.
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