A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Kuzumaki in Japan. Event id: us7000ndnt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ndnt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 95.786 km (60 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 141.4481 East, latitude 39.8582 North, depth = 95.786 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/09/24 / 2024-09-13 21:59:29 / September 13, 2024 @ 9:59 pm. The temblor was detected at 21:59:29 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ōdate (c. 64 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōmagari, Misawa, Ōfunato (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 20 km S of Kuzumaki, Japan.
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