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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Nemuro in Japan


Earthquake location 43.1841S, 146.0194WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Nemuro in Japan on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us6000acn7. Event ids that are associated: us6000acn7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83.7 km (52 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:36:15 / 6:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/06/20 / 2020-06-16 06:36:15 / June 16, 2020 @ 6:36 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 83.7 km, 146.0194° East, 43.1841° North.

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yuzhno-Kuril’sk, Shibetsu, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.0194° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.1841° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 83.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-16 06:36:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-16 07:39:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 312 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 2.656 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 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 us6000acn7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000acn7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000acn7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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