A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.62 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 06:38:46 / 6:38 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000d3id. Event ids that are associated: us2000d3id. Exact location of earthquake, 141.9923° East, 38.4492° North, depth 57.62 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/02/18 / 2018-02-16 21:38:46 / February 16, 2018 @ 9:38 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kamaishi, Furukawa, Ichinoseki. Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (38 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 60 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan.
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