A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 22:29:21 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/16 / 2016-12-07 13:29:21 / December 7, 2016 @ 1:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.9823 East, latitude 37.8386 North, depth = 35.07 km. Event id: us20007z0g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007z0g. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.07 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishinomaki (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days eighty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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