A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 142.1276° East, 38.3195° North, depth 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10006fpt. Event ids that are associated: us10006fpt. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:11:08 / 3:11 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/16 / 2016-08-22 06:11:08 / August 22, 2016 @ 6:11 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 109 km (67 miles) from Tomiya (c. 42 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kamaishi, Ichinoseki, Tomiya (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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