A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Nichinan in Japan on Monday. The temblor was detected at 14:25:40 / 2:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 14:25:40 / September 16, 2024 @ 2:25 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ne90. Id of event: us7000ne90. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 131.7308° East, 31.6008° North, depth 10 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tarumizu, Hamanoichi, Kokubu-matsuki (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Hamanoichi (c. 39 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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