A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Mino in Japan on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 371.191 km (231 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nz9z. Id of event: us6000nz9z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 07:56:38 / October 17, 2024 @ 7:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 135.5085° East, latitude 34.9148° North, depth = 371.191 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:56:38 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from Ōsaka-shi (c. 2 592 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Kobe (c. 1 528 500 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Kyoto (c. 1 459 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Sakai (c. 782 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Himeji (c. 481 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Nishinomiya-hama (c. 468 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tsu-shi, Toyooka, Komono.
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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