A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Mutsu in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/01/17 / 2017-01-17 15:28:24 / January 17, 2017 @ 3:28 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:28:24 / 12:28 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007tqc. Id of event: us10007tqc. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 61.84 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 142.1312° East, 41.511° North, depth 61.84 km.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō, Mutsu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop).
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. 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 twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 80 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan.
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