A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Miyako in Japan. Exact location, longitude 142.1555° East, latitude 39.6297° North, depth = 53.24 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/16 / 2016-07-03 09:06:01 / July 3, 2016 @ 9:06 am. Event id: us10005zks. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005zks. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:06:01 / 6:06 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 53.24 km (33 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hanamaki, Morioka-shi, Ōfunato (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 19 km (11 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Tōno (c. 26 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km E of Miyako, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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