A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Misawa in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/03/16 / 2016-03-16 16:15:15 / March 16, 2016 @ 4:15 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:15:15 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.82 km (37 miles). Event id: us20005a6h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005a6h. Exact location, longitude 141.9066° East, latitude 41.04° North, depth = 59.82 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hachinohe, Mutsu, Misawa.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 60 km NE of Misawa, Japan.
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