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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 59 km SE of Nishinoomote, Japan


Earthquake location 30.3065S, 131.3835WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.3835 East, latitude 30.3065 North, depth = 33.52 km. The temblor was reported at 21:13:08 / 9:13 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100041vm. Id of event: us100041vm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.52 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 28/11/15 / 2015-11-28 12:13:08 / November 28, 2015 @ 12:13 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nishinoomote (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km SE of Nishinoomote, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.3835° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.3065° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km SE of Nishinoomote, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-28 12:13:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-28 12:29:54 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 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 1.441 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us100041vm Id of event.
Event Code 100041vm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100041vm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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