A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Namie in Japan. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/07/17 / 2017-07-25 15:50:34 / July 25, 2017 @ 3:50 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:50:34 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000a0uq. Id of event: us2000a0uq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.94 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 141.3646° East, 37.5761° North, depth 56.94 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishikawa, Ishinomaki, Sukagawa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km ENE of Namie, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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