A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Shinmachi in Japan on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 140.5191° East, latitude 35.1566° North, depth = 38.008 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:24:28 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nqmh. Unique identifier: us7000nqmh. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.008 km (24 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/10/24 / 2024-10-20 08:24:28 / October 20, 2024 @ 8:24 am.
The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Yokosuka (c. 429 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kashiwa, Fujishiro, Toride (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-one 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km ESE of Shinmachi, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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