A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 17:18:32 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005g05. Id of event: us10005g05. Exact location, longitude 141.8358° East, latitude 38.3058° North, depth = 42.68 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.68 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/05/16 / 2016-05-09 08:18:32 / May 9, 2016 @ 8:18 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Watari, Ichinoseki, Iwanuma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 48 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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