A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Ofunato in Japan on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.94 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 142.1174 East, latitude 38.773 North, depth = 37.94 km. The temblor was reported at 19:41:55 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10002ni7. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002ni7. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 10:41:55 / July 5, 2015 @ 10:41 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Yamoto (c. 32 000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miyako, Kogota, Mizusawa.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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