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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Itoman in Japan


Earthquake location 24.3515S, 127.3092WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 199 km S of Itoman, Japan (124 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.3092 East, latitude 24.3515 North, depth = 31.92 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000gh2d. Unique identifier: us1000gh2d. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.92 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 07:57:15 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/08/18 / 2018-08-24 23:57:15 / August 24, 2018 @ 11:57 pm UTC/GMT.

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

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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: 199 km S of Itoman, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.3092° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.3515° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 199km S of Itoman, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-24 23:57:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-25 00:20:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 340 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 2.622 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 103 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 us1000gh2d Id of event.
Event Code 1000gh2d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000gh2d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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