A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Ofunato in Japan on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 141.8377 East, latitude 38.9428 North, depth = 49.79 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.79 km (31 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:05:53 / 6:05 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20004gsy. Unique identifier: us20004gsy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/12/15 / 2015-12-12 21:05:53 / December 12, 2015 @ 9:05 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Matsushima, Furukawa, Kogota. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 17 km SE of Ofunato, Japan.
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