A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.6181 East, latitude 38.2209 North, depth = 47.79 km. Event id: us10002kmk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002kmk. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/06/15 / 2015-06-21 04:16:21 / June 21, 2015 @ 4:16 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 47.79 km (30 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:16:21 / 1:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shiroishi, Ichinoseki, Marumori. The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km SE of Ishinomaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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