A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Ofunato in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 40.57 km, 142.1207° East, 38.7911° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.57 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000etyq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000etyq. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 15:43:42 / June 17, 2018 @ 3:43 pm. The temblor was detected at 00:43:42 / 12:43 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Yamoto (c. 32 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miyako, Mizusawa, Wakuya.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km SE of Ofunato, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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