A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Kamaishi in Japan on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.1203 East, latitude 39.2944 North, depth = 58.13 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d1z3. Unique identifier: us2000d1z3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.13 km (36 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:52:11 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/02/18 / 2018-02-02 14:52:11 / February 2, 2018 @ 2:52 pm.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mizusawa, Hanamaki, Kitakami (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop).
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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 20 km E of Kamaishi, Japan.
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