A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Ofunato in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 71.51 km (44 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:04:30 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20003jpa. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003jpa. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/09/15 / 2015-09-03 21:04:30 / September 3, 2015 @ 9:04 pm. Exact location of event, depth 71.51 km, 141.9507° East, 38.8135° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shiogama, Hanamaki, Miyako. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km SE of Ofunato, Japan.
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