A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Misawa in Japan on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 142.2155 East, latitude 40.9997 North, depth = 58.42 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:16:46 / 1:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/18 / 2018-10-09 04:16:46 / October 9, 2018 @ 4:16 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000h952. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h952. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.42 km (36 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mutsu, Hachinohe, Misawa. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 80 km ENE of Misawa, Japan.
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