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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 112 km SSW of Nishinoomote, Japan


Earthquake location 29.7444S, 130.749WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 112 km SSW of Nishinoomote, Japan (70 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.04 km (29 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/18 / 2018-12-18 12:06:14 / December 18, 2018 @ 12:06 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 130.749 East, latitude 29.7444 North, depth = 47.04 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iuqw. Id of event: us2000iuqw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:06:14 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter).

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 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: 112 km SSW of Nishinoomote, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 130.749° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.7444° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 112km SSW 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 2018-12-18 12:06:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-18 12:25:51 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 354 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 3.372 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000iuqw Id of event.
Event Code 2000iuqw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000iuqw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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