A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan. Exact location, longitude 142.0044° East, latitude 40.5414° North, depth = 64.148 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.148 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:36:47 / 1:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/12/24 / 2024-12-04 01:36:47 / December 4, 2024 @ 1:36 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nzjh. Unique identifier: us7000nzjh.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ichinohe, Misawa, Hachinohe (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 42 km E of Hachinohe, Japan.
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