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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Honshu in Japan


Earthquake location 36.1784S, 141.9552WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 141.9552° East, 36.1784° North, depth 38.34 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000b2qm. Unique identifier: us6000b2qm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/07/20 / 2020-07-16 20:22:11 / July 16, 2020 @ 8:22 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 20:22:11 / 8:22 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.34 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 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: near the east coast of Honshu, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 141.9552° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.1784° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place near the east coast of Honshu, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-16 20:22:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-24 19:18:48 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 271 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 3.045 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 156 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 us6000b2qm Id of event.
Event Code 6000b2qm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b2qm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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