A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/17 / 2017-10-09 14:47:19 / October 9, 2017 @ 2:47 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:47:19 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000b31j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b31j. Exact location, longitude 141.6258° East, latitude 38.3015° North, depth = 51.46 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 51.46 km (32 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Tomiya (c. 42 500 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shiroishi, Marumori, Ōfunato.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 31 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan.
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