A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Noshiro in Japan on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/01/20 / 2020-01-03 01:19:10 / January 3, 2020 @ 1:19 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 139.3298° East, latitude 40.2477° North, depth = 193.71 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:19:10 / 10:19 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 193.71 km (120 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006u1x. Unique identifier: us70006u1x.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Akita, Akita Shi, Takanosu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Akita Shi (c. 325 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Akita (c. 320 100 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Noshiromachi (c. 51 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Tennō (c. 22 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Takanosu (c. 20 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 59 km W of Noshiro, Japan.
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