A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:51:06 / 9:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/11/15 / 2015-11-27 12:51:06 / November 27, 2015 @ 12:51 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us100041qr. Event ids that are associated: us100041qr. Exact location, longitude 142.1777° East, latitude 40.306° North, depth = 51.55 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.55 km (32 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yamada, Misawa, Miyako (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 61 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan.
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