A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Omigawa in Japan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/24 / 2024-11-15 17:58:53 / November 15, 2024 @ 5:58 pm. The temblor was reported at 17:58:53 / 5:58 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ns1s. Unique identifier: us7000ns1s. 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 66.101 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 140.7188 East, latitude 35.8377 North, depth = 66.101 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Funabashi (c. 560 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shiki, Futtsu, Asaka (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km E of Omigawa, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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