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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Ofunato in Japan


Earthquake location 38.5686S, 142.1708WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Ofunato in Japan. The temblor was reported at 03:34:40 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 18:34:40 / June 13, 2018 @ 6:34 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.8 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000evkz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000evkz. Exact location of event, depth 41.8 km, 142.1708° East, 38.5686° North.

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōtsuchi, Wakuya, Yamoto (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Yamoto (c. 32 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Wakuya (c. 18 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

Questions or comments?

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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 68 km SE of Ofunato, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.1708° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.5686° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km SE of Ofunato, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-13 18:34:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-25 15:51:25 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 271 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 1.292 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151 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 us1000evkz Id of event.
Event Code 1000evkz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000evkz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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