A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Miyako in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/12/19 / 2019-12-12 08:44:01 / December 12, 2019 @ 8:44 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.2856 East, latitude 40.1521 North, depth = 49.72 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:44:01 / 5:44 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us70006nq0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006nq0. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49.72 km (31 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ichinohe, Yamada, Hachinohe. Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km NNE of Miyako, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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