A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 243 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan (151 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d13w. Id of event: us2000d13w. Exact location, longitude 144.6137° East, latitude 38.7399° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 06:05:15 / 6:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/02/18 / 2018-02-12 20:05:15 / February 12, 2018 @ 8:05 pm.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 243 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan.
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