A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Mibu in Japan. The temblor was detected at 09:03:55 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91.864 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 09:03:55 / September 23, 2024 @ 9:03 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngue. Unique identifier: us7000ngue. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 139.7735 East, latitude 36.4543 North, depth = 91.864 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kitaibaraki, Shisui, Hino. Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kawaguchi (c. 468 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km NNW of Mibu, Japan.
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