A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Mutsu in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 07/09/19 / 2019-09-07 09:35:50 / September 7, 2019 @ 9:35 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 142.0694° East, latitude 41.598° North, depth = 52.59 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us70005d5v. Unique identifier: us70005d5v. The temblor was picked up at 18:35:50 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 52.59 km (33 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shizunai-furukawachō, Mutsu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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: 79 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan.
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