A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Miyako in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000c4z4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c4z4. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.287 East, latitude 40.032 North, depth = 51.6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.6 km (32 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/12/17 / 2017-12-10 13:23:48 / December 10, 2017 @ 1:23 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:23:48 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kamaishi, Ichinohe, Hachinohe (min 5000 pop).
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 two, 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 have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 52 km NNE of Miyako, Japan.
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