A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/11/15 / 2015-11-18 13:42:35 / November 18, 2015 @ 1:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10003z8p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003z8p. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.23 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 141.8841 East, latitude 38.5707 North, depth = 63.23 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:42:35 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sendai, Sendai-shi, Mizusawa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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