A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 141.7537 East, latitude 38.2667 North, depth = 50.4 km. Id of earthquake: us1000bjgs. Event ids that are associated: us1000bjgs. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.4 km (31 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/11/17 / 2017-11-22 15:59:20 / November 22, 2017 @ 3:59 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:59:20 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ōkawara, Kakuda, Ichinoseki. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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