A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Ofunato in Japan on Saturday. Event id: us700059px. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700059px. The epicenter was at a depth of 65.36 km (41 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/19 / 2019-08-23 16:39:31 / August 23, 2019 @ 4:39 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:39:31 / 2:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 142.6337° East, 38.6887° North, depth 65.36 km.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōtsuchi, Kamaishi, Ōfunato (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 90 km ESE of Ofunato, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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