A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Namie in Japan on Sunday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:41:53 / 1:41 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.653 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 142.0717° East, 37.497° North, depth 40.653 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nqe1. Unique identifier: us6000nqe1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/24 / 2024-09-08 01:41:53 / September 8, 2024 @ 1:41 am.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Namie. Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 94 km E of Namie, Japan.
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