A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan. Exact location of event, depth 44.64 km, 142.5522° East, 40.7666° North. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:45:28 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us1000c1ep. Id of event: us1000c1ep. Global time and date of event 06/01/18 / 2018-01-06 13:45:28 / January 6, 2018 @ 1:45 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.64 km (28 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Misawa, Hachinohe (min 5000 pop).
Each 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 three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 93 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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