A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Miyazaki in Japan on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:22:00 / 4:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 16:22:00 / January 13, 2025 @ 4:22 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 131.6504° East, latitude 31.7806° North, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000plvp. Id of event: us6000plvp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kajiki, Nobeoka, Kanoya (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 26 km SE of Miyazaki, Japan.
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