A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Namie in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000djde. Id of event: us6000djde. The temblor was detected at 14:58:43 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/02/21 / 2021-02-13 14:58:43 / February 13, 2021 @ 2:58 pm. Exact location, longitude 141.6813° East, latitude 37.7298° North, depth = 67.88 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.88 km (42 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sendai-shi, Sendai, Rifu. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Watari (c. 36 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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: 66 km ENE of Namie, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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