A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.15 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:54:32 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/01/17 / 2017-01-21 11:54:32 / January 21, 2017 @ 11:54 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007um8. Id of event: us10007um8. Exact location of event, depth 39.15 km, 142.3952° East, 40.6429° North.
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 Misawa, Hachinohe. Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop).
Every 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 77 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan.
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