A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Kuji in Japan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 12:00:25 / December 9, 2024 @ 12:00 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nxab. Unique identifier: us7000nxab. Exact location, longitude 142.0024° East, latitude 40.3839° North, depth = 37.835 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.835 km (24 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:00:25 / 12:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miyako, Ichinohe, Misawa. The epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km NE of Kuji, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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