A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 42 kilometers (26 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, longitude 141.8002° East, latitude 38.6914° North, depth = 56.13 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.13 km (35 miles). Global time and date of event 15/10/18 / 2018-10-15 23:34:19 / October 15, 2018 @ 11:34 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hefg. Id of event: us1000hefg. The temblor was detected at 08:34:19 / 8:34 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sendai, Sendai-shi, Kitakami. Event epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km S of Ofunato, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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