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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Kamaishi in Japan


Earthquake location 39.0406S, 142.4255WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Kamaishi in Japan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.64 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 04:58:40 / 4:58 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 09/10/18 / 2018-10-09 19:58:40 / October 9, 2018 @ 7:58 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.4255 East, latitude 39.0406 North, depth = 33.64 km. Id of earthquake: us1000h9la. Event ids that are associated: us1000h9la. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Tōno (c. 26 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tōno, Miyako, Yamada (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-six 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.4255° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.0406° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-09 19:58:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-09 21:04:27 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 1.737 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us1000h9la Id of event.
Event Code 1000h9la An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000h9la, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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