A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Namie in Japan. The temblor was reported at 08:44:19 / 8:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.26 km (23 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/15 / 2015-08-15 23:44:19 / August 15, 2015 @ 11:44 pm. Exact location, longitude 141.62° East, latitude 37.443° North, depth = 36.26 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us100032my. Unique identifier: us100032my. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Watari (c. 36 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kakuda (c. 33 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Funehikimachi-funehiki (c. 23 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Marumori (c. 16 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iwanuma, Kakuda, Watari (min 5000 pop). Close 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 seven and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 55 km E of Namie, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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