A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Miyako in Japan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.77 km (34 miles). Id of earthquake: us70008ps9. Event ids that are associated: us70008ps9. The temblor was picked up at 16:41:44 / 4:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.9895 East, latitude 39.7414 North, depth = 54.77 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/04/20 / 2020-04-06 07:41:44 / April 6, 2020 @ 7:41 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kitakami, Shizukuishi, Hanamaki (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km NNE of Miyako, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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