A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Ofunato in Japan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:04:02 / 10:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.56 km (31 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.8384 East, latitude 38.8576 North, depth = 50.56 km. Event id: us1000hwmi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hwmi. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/11/18 / 2018-11-26 13:04:02 / November 26, 2018 @ 1:04 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rifu, Shiogama, Miyako (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 26 km SSE of Ofunato, Japan.
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