Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Nemuro in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 145.094° East, 43.2458° North, depth 98.13 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/05/16 / 2016-05-08 07:58:50 / May 8, 2016 @ 7:58 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 98.13 km (61 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:58:50 / 4:58 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005hz8. Unique identifier: us10005hz8.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kushiro, Shibetsu, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 39 km WSW of Nemuro, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	145.094° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	43.2458° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	98.13 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	39km WSW of Nemuro, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-05-08 07:58:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-06-04 08:00:54	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	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	246	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	1.885	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	134	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	us10005hz8	Id of event.
Event Code	10005hz8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10005hz8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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