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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 40 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. Event id: us1000hbuc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hbuc. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:30:28 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45.84 km (28 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 141.7507 East, latitude 38.321 North, depth = 45.84 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/10/18 / 2018-10-14 00:30:28 / October 14, 2018 @ 12:30 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tomiya (c. 42 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Marumori, Kakuda, Ōkawara (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-nine 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.

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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 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: 40 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.7507° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.321° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	45.84 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	40km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-10-14 00:30:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-10-14 05:24:02	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	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	0.882	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 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	us1000hbuc	Id of event.
Event Code	1000hbuc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000hbuc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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