A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Rumoi in Japan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 240.6 km (150 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.9769 East, latitude 44.3444 North, depth = 240.6 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 22:47:44 / December 1, 2018 @ 10:47 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000i00y. Event ids that are associated: us1000i00y. The temblor was detected at 07:47:44 / 7:47 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Rumoi (c. 26 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rumoi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km NW of Rumoi, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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