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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 29 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan

Posted by admin on December 28, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 43.071S, 145.6702WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.6702 East, latitude 43.071 North, depth = 45.13 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/17 / 2017-12-17 00:30:04 / December 17, 2017 @ 12:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.13 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000bv1t. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bv1t. The temblor was detected at 09:30:04 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shibetsu, Nemuro. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 29 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.6702° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.071° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29km SSE of Nemuro, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-17 00:30:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-28 03:03:03 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 2.136 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 163 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 us1000bv1t Id of event.
Event Code 1000bv1t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bv1t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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