A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Misawa in Japan on Thursday. Unique identifier: us1000h2t5. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h2t5. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/09/18 / 2018-09-19 21:24:27 / September 19, 2018 @ 9:24 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:24:27 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 64.83 km, 141.6718° East, 40.9429° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.83 km (40 miles).
The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ichinohe, Aomori Shi, Mutsu (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km NE of Misawa, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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