A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan on Monday. Global time and date of event 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 09:02:20 / April 20, 2020 @ 9:02 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.82 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009bks. Id of event: us60009bks. The temblor was detected at 18:02:20 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.4548 East, latitude 40.7718 North, depth = 64.82 km.
Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Misawa, Hachinohe (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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