A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Namie in Japan. The temblor was detected at 14:30:12 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 05:30:12 / August 3, 2015 @ 5:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10002xe9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002xe9. Exact location of event, longitude 141.5386 East, latitude 37.7802 North, depth = 50.71 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 50.71 km (32 miles).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Furukawa, Miharu, Iwaki. Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Fukushima-shi (c. 294 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 57 km NE of Namie, Japan.
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