A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 144 km SSE of Itoman, Japan (89 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 01:37:00 / December 17, 2024 @ 1:37 am. Unique identifier: us6000phf6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000phf6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.1097 East, latitude 24.8835 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 01:37:00 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine 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. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 144 km SSE of Itoman, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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