A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Ofunato in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:42:45 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us100062jj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100062jj. Global time and date of event 04/07/16 / 2016-07-04 04:42:45 / July 4, 2016 @ 4:42 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.99 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 69.99 km, 141.834° East, 38.8064° North.
Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rifu, Hanamaki, Shiogama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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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