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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Volcano Islands, Japan region


Earthquake location 23.5244S, 143.1594WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, Volcano Islands, Japan region (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.24 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000af0e. Unique identifier: us7000af0e. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/06/20 / 2020-06-30 11:39:22 / June 30, 2020 @ 11:39 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:39:22 / 11:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 143.1594° East, 23.5244° North, depth 40.24 km.

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 two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.1594° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.5244° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.24 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 2020-06-30 11:39:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-21 10:19:51 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 298 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 3.663 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us7000af0e Id of event.
Event Code 7000af0e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000af0e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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