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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 92 km ENE of Misawa, Japan


Earthquake location 41.0527S, 142.3423WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Misawa in Japan on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 52.42 km, 142.3423° East, 41.0527° North. Event id: us2000cqua. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cqua. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52.42 km (33 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:59:59 / 12:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/01/18 / 2018-01-29 03:59:59 / January 29, 2018 @ 3:59 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mutsu, Hachinohe, Misawa (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 92 km ENE of Misawa, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.3423° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.0527° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92km ENE of Misawa, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-29 03:59:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-29 04:36:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.5 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 355 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 1.003 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us2000cqua Id of event.
Event Code 2000cqua An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000cqua, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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