A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Yamada in Japan. Global time and date of event 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 09:42:49 / April 20, 2020 @ 9:42 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 63.45 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us60009bl3. Ids that are associated to the event: us60009bl3. Exact location, longitude 142.6779° East, latitude 39.4824° North, depth = 63.45 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:42:49 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kamaishi, Ōtsuchi, Miyako. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 62 km E of Yamada, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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