A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.4161 East, latitude 40.39 North, depth = 49.52 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 49.52 km (31 miles). 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: us2000b1dn. Id of event: us2000b1dn. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/17 / 2017-09-27 00:19:41 / September 27, 2017 @ 12:19 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:19:41 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Misawa, Miyako, Hachinohe (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 78 km E of Hachinohe, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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