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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Takanabe in Japan


Earthquake location 32.0879S, 131.7914WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Takanabe in Japan. The temblor was detected at 18:28:07 / 6:28 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 09:28:07 / July 18, 2015 @ 9:28 am. Id of earthquake: us20002yc8. Event ids that are associated: us20002yc8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.45 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 131.7914 East, latitude 32.0879 North, depth = 55.45 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sueyoshichō-ninokata, Kushima, Miyakonojō (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tsuma (c. 34 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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: 27 km E of Takanabe, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.7914° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.0879° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km E of Takanabe, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-18 09:28:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-18 10:12:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.277 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20002yc8 Id of event.
Event Code 20002yc8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002yc8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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