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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Izu Islands, Japan region


Earthquake location 30.1066S, 142.4084WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes Izu Islands, Japan region (0 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.57 km (13 miles). Exact location of event, depth 20.57 km, 142.4084° East, 30.1066° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000709p. Unique identifier: us7000709p. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:10:16 / 2:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/12/19 / 2019-12-31 17:10:16 / December 31, 2019 @ 5:10 pm UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fourty-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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: Izu Islands, Japan region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.4084° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.1066° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Izu Islands, Japan region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-31 17:10:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-29 21:46:48 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 3.006 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 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 us7000709p Id of event.
Event Code 7000709p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000709p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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