A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Yudomari in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.552 km (38 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 02:34:00 / December 16, 2024 @ 2:34 am. Unique identifier: us7000nz66. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nz66. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 130.5046 East, latitude 29.9824 North, depth = 60.552 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:34:00 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nishinoomote. The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 28 km S of Yudomari, Japan.
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