A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 154 km ESE of Iwo Jima, Japan (96 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.7222 East, latitude 24.2007 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/04/19 / 2019-04-24 23:29:04 / April 24, 2019 @ 11:29 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:29:04 / 9:29 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70003gaw. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003gaw.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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