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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Mutsu in Japan


Earthquake location 41.5638S, 141.9543WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Mutsu in Japan on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 02/05/17 / 2017-05-02 10:29:21 / May 2, 2017 @ 10:29 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10008myb. Event ids that are associated: us10008myb. Exact location of event, depth 72.23 km, 141.9543° East, 41.5638° North. The temblor was reported at 19:29:21 / 7:29 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72.23 km (45 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shizunai-furukawachō, Mutsu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 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 three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.9543° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.5638° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km ENE of Mutsu, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-02 10:29:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-02 12:01:13 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 284 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 1.006 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us10008myb Id of event.
Event Code 10008myb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008myb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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