A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Mutsu in Japan on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.34 km (34 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:27:01 / 2:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 142.0809 East, latitude 41.5036 North, depth = 55.34 km. Event id: us2000ft42. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ft42. Global time and date of event 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 17:27:01 / July 1, 2018 @ 5:27 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō, Mutsu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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