A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Yawatahama in Japan on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nt9k. Id of event: us6000nt9k. Exact location, longitude 132.2763° East, latitude 33.2622° North, depth = 50.692 km. The temblor was reported at 12:22:20 / 12:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/09/24 / 2024-09-20 12:22:20 / September 20, 2024 @ 12:22 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.692 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iwakuni, Tokuyama, Susaki. Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Matsuyama (c. 443 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Iwakuni (c. 104 000 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Tokuyama (c. 101 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Tsurusaki (c. 77 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 26 km SW of Yawatahama, Japan.
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