A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Mutsu in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53.97 km (34 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10007pbu. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007pbu. Exact location of event, longitude 141.9898 East, latitude 41.2177 North, depth = 53.97 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 21:24:20 / January 2, 2017 @ 9:24 pm. The temblor was picked up at 06:24:20 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hachinohe, Misawa, Mutsu (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 65 km E of Mutsu, Japan.
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