A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/04/18 / 2018-04-28 02:12:25 / April 28, 2018 @ 2:12 am. 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: us1000dts4. Id of event: us1000dts4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.81 km (30 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.5604 East, latitude 38.5256 North, depth = 48.81 km. The temblor was reported at 11:12:25 / 11:12 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōkawara, Tōno, Kamaishi (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 25 km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan.
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