A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Hakui in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/11/24 / 2024-11-28 08:31:06 / November 28, 2024 @ 8:31 am. The temblor was reported at 08:31:06 / 8:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 136.4381 East, latitude 36.946 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000nunw. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nunw.
Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Kanazawa-shi (c. 458 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Toyama-shi (c. 325 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Takaoka (c. 170 100 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Komatsu (c. 109 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Matsutō (c. 68 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Nanto-shi (c. 55 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Himi (c. 54 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nyūzen, Maruoka, Kamiichi. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km WNW of Hakui, Japan.
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