A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Kamaishi in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:29:23 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.52 km (23 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h7n9. Unique identifier: us1000h7n9. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/10/18 / 2018-10-01 19:29:23 / October 1, 2018 @ 7:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 142.8115° East, 38.9592° North, depth 36.52 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōfunato, Yamada, Ōtsuchi (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 87 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan.
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