A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:41:19 / 1:41 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/15 / 2015-12-02 04:41:19 / December 2, 2015 @ 4:41 am. Exact location of event, longitude 141.8714 East, latitude 38.4043 North, depth = 59.3 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.3 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us100042m1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100042m1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kamaishi, Iwanuma, Sendai.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-nine 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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