A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Asahi in Japan on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 00:03:26 / 12:03 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/06/24 / 2024-06-06 00:03:26 / June 6, 2024 @ 12:03 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000mqlh. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mqlh. Exact location of event, longitude 140.7552 East, latitude 35.5546 North, depth = 45.522 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.522 km (28 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Kawaguchi (c. 468 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kashiwa (c. 340 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Makabe, Kawaguchi, Tomobe.
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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 20 km SSE of Asahi, Japan.
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