Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Izu Islands, Japan region

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, Izu Islands, Japan region (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 401.06 km (249 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 138.9179° East, latitude 30.4° North, depth = 401.06 km. 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: 06/09/15 / 2015-09-06 03:29:47 / September 6, 2015 @ 3:29 am. The temblor was reported at 12:29:47 / 12:29 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20003kmx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003kmx.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: Izu Islands, Japan region.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	138.9179° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	30.4° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	401.06 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	2015-09-06 03:29:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-09-24 23:00:53	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	2.809	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.43 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	113	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	us20003kmx	Id of event.
Event Code	20003kmx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20003kmx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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