A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Mutsu in Japan on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 09:47:39 / 9:47 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 141.9599° East, 41.4862° North, depth 54.02 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.02 km (34 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/10/15 / 2015-10-18 00:47:39 / October 18, 2015 @ 12:47 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003pg2. Unique identifier: us10003pg2.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Misawa, Shizunai-furukawachō, Mutsu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop).
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. 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 twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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