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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Kamaishi in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Kamaishi in Japan. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/04/18 / 2018-04-29 03:09:37 / April 29, 2018 @ 3:09 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 142.0083° East, latitude 39.3079° North, depth = 44.68 km. The temblor was detected at 12:09:37 / 12:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.68 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000du5p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000du5p.

The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ichinoseki, Morioka-shi, Mizusawa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km ENE of Kamaishi, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	142.0083° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.3079° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	44.68 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11km ENE of Kamaishi, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-04-29 03:09:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-04-29 03:33:44	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	284	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	1.647	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.32 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	170	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	us1000du5p	Id of event.
Event Code	1000du5p	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000du5p,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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