A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74.08 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/11/17 / 2017-11-18 06:51:48 / November 18, 2017 @ 6:51 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:51:48 / 3:51 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000buy2. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000buy2. Exact location of event, longitude 142.4295 East, latitude 40.4801 North, depth = 74.08 km.
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Misawa, Hachinohe (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km E of Hachinohe, Japan.
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