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USGS records magnitude 5.5 earthquake near Hamakita, Japan
The U.S. Geological Survey listed a reviewed magnitude 5.5 earthquake 10 kilometers northwest of Hamakita, Japan, at 16:04 UTC on Nov. 7, with 50 felt reports.
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a magnitude 5.5 earthquake 10 kilometers northwest of Hamakita, Japan, at 16:04 UTC on Nov. 71.
USGS listed the event as reviewed, with a preferred magnitude of 5.5 mww and a depth of 38.1 kilometers1. The catalog identified the shock as event us7000twt01.
The agency’s event page showed 50 felt reports1. Its ground-failure products estimated little or no area affected by landslides and little or no area affected by liquefaction, with limited population exposed to liquefaction1.
Independent confirmation of damage, injuries or a Japanese tsunami notice was not in the USGS alert1.