A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Nichinan in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/01/25 / 2025-01-21 13:31:27 / January 21, 2025 @ 1:31 pm. Event id: us6000plfe. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000plfe. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.508 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 132.324 East, latitude 31.6022 North, depth = 17.508 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:31:27 / 1:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miyazaki-shi, Nichinan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 90 km E of Nichinan, Japan.
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