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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Hachijo-jima in Japan


Earthquake location 31.5176S, 140.3802WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 182 km SSE of Hachijo-jima, Japan (113 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:46:50 / 1:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 136.85 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 140.3802 East, latitude 31.5176 North, depth = 136.85 km. Event id: us1000415h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000415h. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/11/15 / 2015-11-25 04:46:50 / November 25, 2015 @ 4:46 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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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. 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: 182 km SSE of Hachijo-jima, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.3802° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.5176° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 136.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 182km SSE of Hachijo-jima, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-25 04:46:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-25 04:58:37 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 369 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 1.663 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us1000415h Id of event.
Event Code 1000415h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000415h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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