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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Togane in Japan


Earthquake location 35.5678S, 140.3416WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Togane in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000ehje. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ehje. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.3416 East, latitude 35.5678 North, depth = 68.09 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:20:58 / 2:20 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68.09 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/06/18 / 2018-06-02 17:20:58 / June 2, 2018 @ 5:20 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oyama, Hiratsuka, Fussa. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 four and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 3 km NW of Togane, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.3416° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.5678° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km NW of Togane, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-02 17:20:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-02 21:05:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 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 301 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 1.979 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us1000ehje Id of event.
Event Code 1000ehje An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ehje, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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