A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Ōfunato in Japan. The temblor was reported at 09:17:41 / 9:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/12/24 / 2024-12-13 09:17:41 / December 13, 2024 @ 9:17 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 141.976° East, latitude 38.9465° North, depth = 75.723 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 75.723 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000nye3. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nye3.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kogota, Hanamaki, Yamoto (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 26 km ESE of Ōfunato, Japan.
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