A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Mutsu in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 111.47 km, 142.0458° East, 41.6145° North. Global time and date of event 07/11/19 / 2019-11-07 02:35:26 / November 7, 2019 @ 2:35 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us600068ii. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600068ii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 111.47 km (69 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:35:26 / 11:35 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shizunai-furukawachō, Mutsu.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 78 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan.
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