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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Ito in Japan


Earthquake location 34.8197S, 139.2427WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Ito in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/01/18 / 2018-01-05 20:47:59 / January 5, 2018 @ 8:47 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.11 km (8 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000c18s. Unique identifier: us1000c18s. The temblor was detected at 05:47:59 / 5:47 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 139.2427° East, 34.8197° North, depth 13.11 km.

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Shizuoka-shi (c. 701 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Hachiōji (c. 579 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Yokosuka (c. 429 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Machida (c. 400 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Fujisawa (c. 394 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chōfugaoka, Ōyama, Shimada (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 21 km SE of Ito, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 139.2427° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.8197° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km SE of Ito, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-05 20:47:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-05 23:13:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 17 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 345 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 0.884 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us1000c18s Id of event.
Event Code 1000c18s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000c18s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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