A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Kashima-shi in Japan on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 141.3132° East, 36.1824° North, depth 35 km. Global time and date of event 22/10/24 / 2024-10-22 01:12:37 / October 22, 2024 @ 1:12 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmck. Id of event: us7000nmck. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:12:37 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomobe, Inashiki, Ōmiya. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Katori-shi (c. 83 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kashima-shi (c. 65 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 64 km ENE of Kashima-shi, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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