A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Mutsu in Japan on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 02/05/17 / 2017-05-02 10:29:21 / May 2, 2017 @ 10:29 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10008myb. Event ids that are associated: us10008myb. Exact location of event, depth 72.23 km, 141.9543° East, 41.5638° North. The temblor was reported at 19:29:21 / 7:29 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72.23 km (45 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shizunai-furukawachō, Mutsu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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