A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Ishigaki in Japan on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 00:15:52 / 12:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/10/24 / 2024-10-11 00:15:52 / October 11, 2024 @ 12:15 am. Event id: us6000nxzm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nxzm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 124.229° East, 24.1778° North, depth 35 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 20 km (12 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishigaki (min 5000 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km SSE of Ishigaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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