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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Namie in Japan


Earthquake location 37.8114S, 141.6525WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Namie in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 141.6525° East, 37.8114° North, depth 38.7 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/05/18 / 2018-05-10 10:57:13 / May 10, 2018 @ 10:57 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.7 km (24 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:57:13 / 7:57 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000e1y2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e1y2.

Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tomiya (c. 42 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Shiroishi (c. 39 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kogota, Hobaramachi, Wakuya (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 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 68 km ENE of Namie, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.6525° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.8114° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km ENE of Namie, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-10 10:57:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-10 11:25:36 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 354 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 0.685 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 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 us1000e1y2 Id of event.
Event Code 1000e1y2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e1y2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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