A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Ōfunato in Japan on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 142.2614 East, latitude 38.8088 North, depth = 45.324 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.324 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/07/24 / 2024-07-27 22:08:08 / July 27, 2024 @ 10:08 pm. The temblor was picked up at 22:08:08 / 10:08 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000njn1. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000njn1.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishinomaki, Tōno, Yamada (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 84 km (53 miles) from Tōno (c. 26 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop). Nearby 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 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km ESE of Ōfunato, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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