A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Hakui in Japan. Unique identifier: us7000nxvw. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nxvw. Exact location, longitude 136.3065° East, latitude 36.8976° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/11/24 / 2024-11-27 04:04:09 / November 27, 2024 @ 4:04 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:04:09 / 4:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Kanazawa-shi (c. 458 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Toyama-shi (c. 325 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Fukui-shi (c. 248 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Takaoka (c. 170 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Komatsu (c. 109 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Matsutō (c. 68 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fukui-shi, Namerikawa, Toyama-shi (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km W of Hakui, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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