A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Noda in Japan on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.403 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 142.3379° East, latitude 40.2366° North, depth = 55.403 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfe4. Unique identifier: us6000pfe4. The temblor was detected at 02:29:56 / 2:29 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 event in UTC/GMT: 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 02:29:56 / December 24, 2024 @ 2:29 am.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ichinohe, Hachinohe, Miyako.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-five 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km ENE of Noda, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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