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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 17 km S of Yoichi, Japan


Earthquake location 43.0452S, 140.7397WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Yoichi in Japan on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:15:24 / 7:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.7397 East, latitude 43.0452 North, depth = 164.43 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000atpf. Id of event: us1000atpf. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/10/17 / 2017-10-10 22:15:24 / October 10, 2017 @ 10:15 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 164.43 km (102 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iwamizawa, Tomakomai, Muroran (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Sapporo (c. 1 883 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Otaru (c. 143 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ebetsu (c. 134 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Chitose (c. 92 900 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 17 km S of Yoichi, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.7397° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.0452° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 164.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km S of Yoichi, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-10 22:15:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-02 05:40:49 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 1.722 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us1000atpf Id of event.
Event Code 1000atpf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000atpf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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