Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Ishinomaki in Japan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. The temblor was reported at 08:27:01 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/09/16 / 2016-09-01 23:27:01 / September 1, 2016 @ 11:27 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.27 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10006jhv. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006jhv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 141.7977° East, latitude 38.2714° North, depth = 42.27 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ōkawara, Kakuda, Ichinoseki (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (51 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tomiya (c. 42 500 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.7977° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.2714° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	42.27 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	46km ESE 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	2016-09-01 23:27:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-09-01 23:57:39	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	326	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	0.891	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.57 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	154	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	us10006jhv	Id of event.
Event Code	10006jhv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10006jhv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

141.7977° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

38.2714° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

42.27 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

46km ESE 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

2016-09-01 23:27:01

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-09-01 23:57:39

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

326

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

0.891

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

Root Mean Square

0.57 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

154

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

us10006jhv

Id of event.

Event Code

10006jhv

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

Event IDS

,us10006jhv,

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

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