A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Katsuura in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/12/24 / 2024-12-03 22:31:05 / December 3, 2024 @ 10:31 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000nvr1. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nvr1. The temblor was detected at 22:31:05 / 10:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.5737 East, latitude 34.6303 North, depth = 73.988 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 73.988 km (46 miles).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Mobara (c. 97 300 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Kimitsu (c. 92 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tateyama (c. 50 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kawaguchi (c. 29 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Katsuura (c. 22 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ōhara (c. 20 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimitsu, Mobara, Tateyama (min 5000 pop).
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 three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 61 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan.
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