A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Onagawa Chō in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.791 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 68.791 km, 141.8792° East, 37.8147° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/11/24 / 2024-11-06 22:31:44 / November 6, 2024 @ 10:31 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000p718. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000p718. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:31:44 / 10:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Watari (c. 36 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Yamoto (c. 32 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watari, Shiogama, Yamoto (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 79 km SSE of Onagawa Chō, Japan.
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