A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Ofunato in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 141.5243° East, 38.7817° North, depth 63.5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.5 km (39 miles). Global time and date of event 26/12/19 / 2019-12-26 09:26:41 / December 26, 2019 @ 9:26 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006r5w. Id of event: us70006r5w. The temblor was picked up at 18:26:41 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yokotemachi, Miyako, Watari (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 36 km SSW of Ofunato, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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