A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Ofunato in Japan. Unique identifier: us100030pa. Ids that are associated to the event: us100030pa. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.6227 East, latitude 38.8763 North, depth = 74.05 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:34:46 / 11:34 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/08/15 / 2015-08-10 02:34:46 / August 10, 2015 @ 2:34 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 74.05 km (46 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sendai, Sendai-shi, Miyako (min 5000 pop).
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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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