A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Rumoi in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008y7m. Id of event: us70008y7m. Exact location of event, depth 232.72 km, 141.2182° East, 44.4696° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 232.72 km (145 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:36:48 / 2:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 05:36:48 / April 17, 2020 @ 5:36 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from Rumoi (c. 26 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rumoi. Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 68 km NNW of Rumoi, Japan.
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