A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Miyako in Japan on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us20002w8t. Event ids that are associated: us20002w8t. Global time and date of event 09/07/15 / 2015-07-09 08:27:39 / July 9, 2015 @ 8:27 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:27:39 / 6:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.2 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.5118 East, latitude 40.1342 North, depth = 42.2 km.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Ichinohe (c. 15 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ichinohe, Ōtsuchi, Hachinohe (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 73 km NE of Miyako, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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