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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Nishinoomote in Japan


Earthquake location 30.5849S, 131.1641WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan. The temblor was detected at 01:15:58 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000hgp5. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hgp5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.65 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/09/18 / 2018-09-08 16:15:58 / September 8, 2018 @ 4:15 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.1641 East, latitude 30.5849 North, depth = 46.65 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ibusuki (c. 29 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kanoya, Ibusuki, Nishinoomote (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 22 km SE of Nishinoomote, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.1641° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.5849° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km SE of Nishinoomote, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-08 16:15:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-05 21:29:27 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 326 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 2.544 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us2000hgp5 Id of event.
Event Code 2000hgp5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hgp5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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