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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Mikuni in Japan


Earthquake location 37.0931S, 134.9987WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 141 km NW of Mikuni, Japan (88 miles). Global time and date of event 13/06/17 / 2017-06-13 23:37:33 / June 13, 2017 @ 11:37 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 375.74 km (233 miles). Event id: us20009m92. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009m92. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:37:33 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 134.9987 East, latitude 37.0931 North, depth = 375.74 km.

Each 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 141 km NW of Mikuni, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 134.9987° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.0931° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 375.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 141km NW of Mikuni, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-06-13 23:37:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-14 00:08:54 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 298 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 2.391 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 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 us20009m92 Id of event.
Event Code 20009m92 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009m92, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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