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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Volcano Islands, Japan region


Earthquake location 22.4932S, 142.8647WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, Volcano Islands, Japan region (0 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:49:45 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 182.09 km (113 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/06/20 / 2020-06-01 05:49:45 / June 1, 2020 @ 5:49 am. Exact location of event, depth 182.09 km, 142.8647° East, 22.4932° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a8dp. Id of event: us6000a8dp.

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

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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: Volcano Islands, Japan region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.8647° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 22.4932° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 182.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Volcano 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 2020-06-01 05:49:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-29 13:01:16 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 259 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 4.623 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 162 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 us6000a8dp Id of event.
Event Code 6000a8dp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a8dp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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