A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 01:54:28 / 1:54 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/02/16 / 2016-02-08 16:54:28 / February 8, 2016 @ 4:54 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 141.9789 East, latitude 38.1383 North, depth = 46.13 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004zim. Id of event: us20004zim. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46.13 km (29 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Rifu (c. 35 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yamoto (c. 32 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kogota (c. 19 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Wakuya (c. 18 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kogota, Rifu, Wakuya (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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