A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan kilometers (0 miles) from Honshu in Japan. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/07/16 / 2016-07-31 16:35:02 / July 31, 2016 @ 4:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 142.054° East, latitude 38.8592° North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:35:02 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000690l. Id of event: us1000690l.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kogota, Kitakami, Miyako (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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