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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Nishinoomote in Japan


Earthquake location 30.5664S, 131.4512WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Nishinoomote in Japan on Sunday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:52:33 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/15 / 2015-08-01 15:52:33 / August 1, 2015 @ 3:52 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 131.4512° East, 30.5664° North, depth 24.97 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10002x57. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002x57. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.97 km (16 miles).

The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nishinoomote (min 5000 pop).

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km ESE of Nishinoomote, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.4512° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.5664° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km ESE of Nishinoomote, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-01 15:52:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-01 16:58:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 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 312 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 1.272 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 us10002x57 Id of event.
Event Code 10002x57 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002x57, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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