A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 01:10:20 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10005dpc. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005dpc. Exact location of earthquake, 141.8224° East, 38.5295° North, depth 49.21 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/16 / 2016-05-04 16:10:20 / May 4, 2016 @ 4:10 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.21 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Watari, Iwanuma, Ōtsuchi (min 5000 pop).
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 fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 47 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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