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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 10 km SE of Makurazaki, Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Makurazaki in Japan. The temblor was reported at 20:38:52 / 8:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 158.91 km (99 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 130.389° East, 31.1978° North, depth 158.91 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 11:38:52 / April 20, 2020 @ 11:38 am. Id of earthquake: us700090e1. Event ids that are associated: us700090e1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Kagoshima-shi (c. 555 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Satsumasendai (c. 73 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kokubu-matsuki (c. 57 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hamanoichi (c. 39 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Izumi (c. 39 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōkuchi, Izumi, Akune (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 10 km SE of Makurazaki, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	130.389° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.1978° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	158.91 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10km SE of Makurazaki, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-04-20 11:38:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-04-20 12:18:19	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	0.315	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.81 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	35	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	us700090e1	Id of event.
Event Code	700090e1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us700090e1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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