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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Ishinomaki in Japan

Posted by admin on August 25, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.3222S, 142.1584WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.25 km (16 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:42:16 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 142.1584° East, latitude 38.3222° North, depth = 26.25 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/07/16 / 2016-07-29 03:42:16 / July 29, 2016 @ 3:42 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000689z. Event ids that are associated: us1000689z.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ōfunato, Yamoto, Ishinomaki (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Yamoto (c. 32 000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-two 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.1584° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.3222° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75km E of Ishinomaki, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-07-29 03:42:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-25 05:09:26 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 259 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 1.17 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 us1000689z Id of event.
Event Code 1000689z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000689z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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