A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Nichinan in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000np9g. Unique identifier: us6000np9g. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.123 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 131.6486 East, latitude 31.3675 North, depth = 33.123 km. The temblor was detected at 08:47:23 / 8:47 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/08/24 / 2024-08-09 08:47:23 / August 9, 2024 @ 8:47 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kobayashi, Kokubu-matsuki, Tarumizu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 37 km SE of Nichinan, Japan.
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