A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 146 km SSE of Itoman, Japan (91 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 128.0662 East, latitude 24.8553 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 16:53:01 / 4:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/12/24 / 2024-12-04 16:53:01 / December 4, 2024 @ 4:53 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nvxl. Id of event: us7000nvxl.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 146 km SSE of Itoman, Japan.
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