A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. Unique identifier: us700091np. Ids that are associated to the event: us700091np. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/04/20 / 2020-04-22 11:26:38 / April 22, 2020 @ 11:26 am. Exact location of event, longitude 142.2345 East, latitude 38.4486 North, depth = 34.64 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:26:38 / 8:26 pm (local time epicenter). 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 34.64 km (22 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 81 km (51 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Yamoto (c. 32 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yamoto, Ōfunato, Ishinomaki. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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