A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Miyako in Japan on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us20003pp3. Event ids that are associated: us20003pp3. The temblor was picked up at 02:33:51 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 142.6888° East, latitude 39.7833° North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/15 / 2015-09-28 16:33:51 / September 28, 2015 @ 4:33 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kamaishi, Ōtsuchi, Yamada. Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 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 six and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km ENE of Miyako, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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