A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Ofunato in Japan on Sunday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:58:51 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002wte. Id of event: us20002wte. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/15 / 2015-06-27 22:58:51 / June 27, 2015 @ 10:58 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.3046 East, latitude 38.4381 North, depth = 37.58 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.58 km (23 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yamoto, Ishinomaki, Ōfunato. Event epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Yamoto (c. 32 000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km SE of Ofunato, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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