Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 47 km ENE of Hakodate, Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (mg/mb) has occurred on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Hakodate in Japan. The temblor was reported at 10:08:23 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 124.2 km (77 miles). Global time of event 22/05/15 / 2015-05-22 01:08:23 / May 22, 2015 @ 1:08 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 141.2912 East, latitude 41.8974 North, depth 124.2 km, unique identifier, us10002bal. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us10002bal,.

Close countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Tomakomai (c. 174 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Muroran (c. 96 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Kamiiso (c. 38 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Date (c. 35 300 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomakomai, Shiraoi, Date.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.2912° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.8974° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	124.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	47km ENE of Hakodate, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-05-22 01:08:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-06-19 23:02:07	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	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	0.951	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.69 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	101	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	us10002bal	Id of event.
Event Code	10002bal	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10002bal,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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