A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Tendo in Japan on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003ntd. Unique identifier: us20003ntd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/09/15 / 2015-09-24 20:06:10 / September 24, 2015 @ 8:06 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 140.3687 East, latitude 38.3269 North, depth = 128.02 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:06:10 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 128.02 km (80 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ichinoseki, Motomiya, Inawashiro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Yamagata-shi (c. 254 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sakata (c. 100 400 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km S of Tendo, Japan.
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