A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Koseda in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.938 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:18:59 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ph5j. Unique identifier: us6000ph5j. Global time and date of event 13/12/24 / 2024-12-13 08:18:59 / December 13, 2024 @ 8:18 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.0974 East, latitude 30.1318 North, depth = 39.938 km.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nishinoomote.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 51 km ESE of Koseda, Japan.
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