A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Katsuura in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/12/24 / 2024-12-23 16:18:22 / December 23, 2024 @ 4:18 pm. 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 69.422 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000pfb7. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfb7. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:18:22 / 4:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 140.4882° East, latitude 34.5427° North, depth = 69.422 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Tateyama (c. 50 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kawaguchi (c. 29 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Katsuura (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ōhara (c. 20 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōhara, Tateyama, Kawaguchi.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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