A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Mutsu in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.81 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/01/17 / 2017-01-21 18:11:07 / January 21, 2017 @ 6:11 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 142.3412 East, latitude 41.1413 North, depth = 56.81 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007un7. Unique identifier: us10007un7. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:11:07 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hachinohe, Mutsu, Misawa. Epicenter of the earthquake was 100 km (62 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 95 km E of Mutsu, Japan.
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