A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Morioka-shi in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.45 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us100049ha. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100049ha. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/12/15 / 2015-12-25 16:42:27 / December 25, 2015 @ 4:42 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 141.3475 East, latitude 39.7652 North, depth = 42.45 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:42:27 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ōdate (c. 64 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yuzawa, Takanosu, Ichinoseki (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
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 thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km ENE of Morioka-shi, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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