A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Miyako in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.22 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 142.4126° East, 40.2404° North, depth 29.22 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:08:48 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20002xkm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002xkm. Global time and date of event 15/07/15 / 2015-07-15 08:08:48 / July 15, 2015 @ 8:08 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ichinohe, Yamada, Hachinohe (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-three 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 77 km NNE of Miyako, Japan.
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