Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Obama in Japan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Obama in Japan on Monday. Unique identifier: us10003rhn. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003rhn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 344.32 km (214 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 135.8482 East, latitude 35.4461 North, depth = 344.32 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:34:15 / 9:34 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/15 / 2015-10-26 12:34:15 / October 26, 2015 @ 12:34 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yashiro, Inuyama, Tawaramoto. Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Ōsaka-shi (c. 2 592 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kyoto (c. 1 459 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Nishinomiya-hama (c. 468 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Amagasaki (c. 442 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hirakata (c. 406 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Gifu-shi (c. 397 700 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Toyonaka (c. 384 500 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km ESE of Obama, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	135.8482° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.4461° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	344.32 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10km ESE of Obama, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-10-26 12:34:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-10-26 12:54:32	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	340	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	0.4	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.04 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	26	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	us10003rhn	Id of event.
Event Code	10003rhn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10003rhn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

135.8482° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

35.4461° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

344.32 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

10km ESE of Obama, Japan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2015-10-26 12:34:15

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-10-26 12:54:32

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

540

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

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

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

340

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.4

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.04 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10003rhn

Id of event.

Event Code

10003rhn

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us10003rhn,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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