A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Mutsu in Japan on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.61 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/07/18 / 2018-07-10 04:55:56 / July 10, 2018 @ 4:55 am. The temblor was picked up at 13:55:56 / 1:55 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g0vl. Id of event: us2000g0vl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.0775 East, latitude 41.5684 North, depth = 51.61 km.
Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō, Mutsu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 78 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan.
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