A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Misawa in Japan on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.97 km (39 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bta9. Unique identifier: us1000bta9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:49:25 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.8813 East, latitude 40.9988 North, depth = 61.97 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/17 / 2017-12-19 19:49:25 / December 19, 2017 @ 7:49 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aomori Shi, Mutsu, Hachinohe.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 56 km NE of Misawa, Japan.
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