Significant magnitude 5.0 quake hits 95 km northeast of Morioka, Japan in the morning
5.0 quake 20 Sep 9:06 am (GMT +9)

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred in the morning on Tuesday, September 20th, 2022, at 9:06 am local time near Morioka, Morioka-shi, Iwate, Japan, as reported by Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED).
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a moderately shallow depth of 47 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.4. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 4.4.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Iwaizumi (pop. 9,000) located 39 km from the epicenter, Miyako (pop. 51,700) 52 km away, Yamada (pop. 20,100) 71 km away, Hachinohe (pop. 239,000) 71 km away, Ichinohe (pop. 15,800) 73 km away, Misawa (pop. 42,800) 92 km away, Kamaishi (pop. 43,100) 93 km away, and Morioka (pop. 295,200) 95 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Sep 20, 2022 9:06 am (GMT +9) local time (20 Sep 2022 00:06 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.0
Depth: 47.0 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 40.09°N / 142.14°E (North Pacific Ocean, Japan)
Primary data source: NIED
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