A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Katsuura in Japan on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us6000n99j. Event ids that are associated: us6000n99j. Exact location of earthquake, 140.6273° East, 34.5329° North, depth 46.884 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 46.884 km (29 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:15:58 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/06/24 / 2024-06-30 01:15:58 / June 30, 2024 @ 1:15 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close 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 Tateyama, Ōhara, Kawaguchi. Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Tateyama (c. 50 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kawaguchi (c. 29 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Katsuura (c. 22 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ōhara (c. 20 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 73 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan.
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