Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Izu Islands, Japan region

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, Izu Islands, Japan region (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 140.2666° East, 32.0958° North, depth 94.232 km. The temblor was reported at 09:38:12 / 9:38 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000rt43. Event ids that are associated: us6000rt43. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 94.232 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/12/25 / 2025-12-07 09:38:12 / December 7, 2025 @ 9:38 am.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	140.2666° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.0958° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	94.232 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Izu 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	2025-12-07 09:38:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-07 15:07:11	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	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	71	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.086	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.85 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	123	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	us6000rt43	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rt43	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rt43,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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