A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Ofunato in Japan on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 142.0108° East, latitude 38.6238° North, depth = 46.74 km. Id of earthquake: us20005z7n. Event ids that are associated: us20005z7n. The temblor was reported at 03:00:54 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46.74 km (29 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/05/16 / 2016-05-24 18:00:54 / May 24, 2016 @ 6:00 pm. 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 Matsushima, Tōno, Kogota. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Yamoto (c. 32 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tōno (c. 26 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 55 km SSE of Ofunato, Japan.
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