A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Ofunato in Japan on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 13/08/19 / 2019-08-13 22:02:51 / August 13, 2019 @ 10:02 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45.7 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:02:51 / 7:02 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us600054s0. Unique identifier: us600054s0. Exact location of event, depth 45.7 km, 142.2888° East, 38.857° North.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miyako, Tōno, Yamada (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Tōno (c. 26 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 55 km ESE of Ofunato, Japan.
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