A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Namie in Japan on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 14:40:35 / 2:40 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.04 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 141.3537° East, 37.5214° North, depth 35.04 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/18 / 2018-07-05 05:40:35 / July 5, 2018 @ 5:40 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g2bb. Id of event: us2000g2bb.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sendai-shi, Shiogama, Sendai. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km E of Namie, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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