A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Miyako in Japan on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/17 / 2017-10-01 14:20:28 / October 1, 2017 @ 2:20 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 57.26 km (36 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 142.306° East, 40.1598° North, depth 57.26 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:20:28 / 11:20 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000axhz. Unique identifier: us2000axhz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōtsuchi, Ichinohe, Yamada (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 65 km NNE of Miyako, Japan.
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