A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ck1x. Id of event: us2000ck1x. The temblor was picked up at 23:10:26 / 11:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/18 / 2018-01-01 14:10:26 / January 1, 2018 @ 2:10 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 51.04 km (32 miles). Exact location, longitude 141.8955° East, latitude 38.2761° North, depth = 51.04 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iwanuma, Sendai, Ōfunato (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tomiya (c. 42 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 54 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan.
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