A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Nichinan in Japan. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 09:00:02 / August 8, 2024 @ 9:00 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nitx. Unique identifier: us6000nitx. The temblor was reported at 09:00:02 / 9:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.927 km (27 miles). Exact location, longitude 131.5807° East, latitude 31.5624° North, depth = 42.927 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kagoshima-shi, Ibusuki, Kajiki (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Kagoshima-shi (c. 555 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km ESE of Nichinan, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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