A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Minami-Sōma in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.876 km (30 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n1fy. Id of event: us6000n1fy. The temblor was reported at 09:55:22 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 47.876 km, 141.787° East, 37.6747° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 09:55:22 / May 28, 2024 @ 9:55 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iwanuma, Marumori, Ishinomaki (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Watari (c. 36 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Marumori (c. 16 800 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 71 km E of Minami-Sōma, Japan.
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