A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Yokohama in Japan on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 55.791 km (35 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000p6ru. Unique identifier: us6000p6ru. Global time and date of event 21/11/24 / 2024-11-21 14:30:23 / November 21, 2024 @ 2:30 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:30:23 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 141.1803° East, 41.0658° North, depth 55.791 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hirosaki (c. 175 000 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Goshogawara (c. 49 100 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kamiiso, Ichinohe, Hakodate.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km WSW of Yokohama, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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