A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Miyako in Japan on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 04:44:57 / December 10, 2016 @ 4:44 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.3919 East, latitude 40.1968 North, depth = 49.85 km. The temblor was reported at 13:44:57 / 1:44 pm (local time epicenter). 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 49.85 km (31 miles). Event id: us20007zqv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zqv.
The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ōtsuchi, Misawa, Ichinohe (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 72 km NNE of Miyako, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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