A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/02/19 / 2019-02-10 00:54:23 / February 10, 2019 @ 12:54 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:54:23 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.66 km (38 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 141.8962 East, latitude 40.4145 North, depth = 60.66 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jnh0. Unique identifier: us2000jnh0.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miyako, Ichinohe, Misawa (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 34 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan.
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