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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Nobeoka in Japan


Earthquake location 32.5775S, 132.091WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Nobeoka in Japan on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 14:12:02 / 2:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70008qdk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008qdk. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.34 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 132.091° East, latitude 32.5775° North, depth = 42.34 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 05:12:02 / April 7, 2020 @ 5:12 am.

Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Beppu (c. 125 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Tsurusaki (c. 77 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Uwajima (c. 59 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Saiki (c. 49 100 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miyazaki-shi, Beppu, Kihoku-chō (min 5000 pop).

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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km E of Nobeoka, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 132.091° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.5775° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km E of Nobeoka, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-07 05:12:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-07 05:30:27 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 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 1.752 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us70008qdk Id of event.
Event Code 70008qdk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008qdk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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