A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan on Monday. Unique identifier: us20004196. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004196. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72.65 km (45 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:34:12 / 12:34 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/11/15 / 2015-11-02 03:34:12 / November 2, 2015 @ 3:34 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.0352 East, latitude 40.3264 North, depth = 72.65 km.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yamada, Miyako, Misawa. Event epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop).
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 four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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