A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Mutsu in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 12/08/15 / 2015-08-12 21:07:41 / August 12, 2015 @ 9:07 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us100031qf. Unique identifier: us100031qf. The temblor was reported at 06:07:41 / 6:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 141.4334° East, 41.2136° North, depth 108.34 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 108.34 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Namioka, Hakodate, Hachinohe. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Namioka (c. 20 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 20 km ESE of Mutsu, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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